West Coast Five Bean Bake Recipes

FIVE-BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF. In a large skillet cook onion, bacon, and garlic until bacon is crisp and onion is tender; drain.
• In a large bowl combine onion mixture, beans, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce. Transfer bean mixture to an ungreased 3-quart casserole.
• Bake, covered, for 1 hour.

FIVE BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Saute onion in bacon fat; add the brown sugar, mustard, garlic powder, salt and vinegar. Cook covered on low heat 20 minutes.
• In a four quart baking dish, combine the bacon, onion mixture, butter beans, lima beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans and baked beans. Mix well, and bake covered for 1 1/2 hours. Uncover and bake 30 to 45 minutes longer.

5-BEAN BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 300 degrees F. Cook the bacon in a large skillet until crisp. Remove the bacon pieces and drain on paper towels. Add the onion to the bacon drippings and saute until browned. Mix all of the ingredients in a 3-quart casserole and bake for 45 minutes until heated through; or heat in a crock pot for 4 hours on high, or 6 hours on low.

WEST COAST TRAIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flax seed meal, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl until smooth and creamy; Stir in eggs and vanilla. Stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined. Fold oats, chocolate chips, cranberries, coconut, and pumpkin seeds into dough just until evenly combined.
• Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls or drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart; press to flatten slightly.
• Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly golden at the edges, about 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

BEST OF THE WEST BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In ovenproof kettle, cook beef, bacon, and onion over moderate heat, stirring to break up lumps for about 20 minutes or until beef is no longer pink & bacon is slightly crisp. Transfer to a large strainer to drain the grease & then return to the kettle. Add ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, molasses, chili powder, & six cans of beans. Stir until well combined.
• Note: you can modify the types beans to your liking. I don't use kidney beans myself; however you can add them in place of the pink ones. Can't really go wrong with whatever kind you chose!
• Bake mixture, covered, in middle of oven for at least an hour. Serves about 20 as a side dish.

5 BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Cook chopped bacon slices in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp; remove bacon, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in skillet. Add diced onion, and sauté in hot drippings 5 minutes or until tender.
• Combine bacon, onion, pork and beans, black beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, lima beans, ketchup, brown sugar, 1/2 cup water, and cider vinegar in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
• Bake, covered, at 350° for 1 hour; uncover and bake 30 more minutes.

5-BEAN BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Crisp bacon and reserve 1 tablespoon of drippings.
• Saute onions in drippings until translucent.
• Add onions, crumbled bacon and remaining ingredients to large casserole dish.
• Bake at 325 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours.

WEST COAST FIVE BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a 4-quart casserole - do NOT drain beans. Bake, uncovered, at 350-degrees for 2 ½ to 3 hours.