Easy Baked Beans from the Pantry with Slow Cooker Option

Do you need a naturally non-dairy and plant-based side dish that’s easy to throw together with ingredients from your cupboard? These easy dairy-free baked beans don’t require any dairy alternatives, and the recipe literally takes 5 minutes to throw together. Just let them simmer while you handle other chores, or set-it-and-forget-it in the slow cooker.

Easy Baked Beans from the Pantry with Slow Cooker Option

Unlike your average baked bean recipe, this one has a secret ingredient: apple butter. It’s naturally allergy-friendly, but adds richness and a sweet flavor that melds very well with the other ingredients. The recipe also includes cayenne, which you can adjust up or down, for a little contrasting heat to the taste.

These easy baked beans are perfect for picnics, potlucks, and barbecues, but can also pair well with a weeknight meal, or add protein and flavor to lunch bowls. They are made with three types of beans for a pretty tricolor effect, or whatever beans you have in your cupboard!

This dairy-free baked beans recipe was shared with us by Musselman’s.

Special Diet Notes: Baked Beans

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, optionally vegan, plant-based, and vegetarian.

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Dairy-Free Baked Beans with Slow Cooker Option

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Using three different types of beans gives a nice tri-color effect and a little range in nutrition. But you can use just one or two types of beans for all of the beans, if preferred.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Servings: 10 servings

Course: Side

Cuisine: American

Calories: 200

Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup apple butter (store-bought or homemade)
• ½ cup ketchup
• ½ cup water
• ⅓ cup honey or agave nectar
• 2 tablespoons minced dried onion
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper to taste
• 1 15.5-ounce can great northern beans drained and rinsed
• 1 15.5-ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
• 1 15.5-ounce can red or pinto beans drained and rinsed

Method

 

1. Preheat your oven to 375°F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the apple butter, ketchup, water, sweetener, onion, cumin, salt, and cayenne until well-combined.
3. Stir in all three types of beans until evenly coated.
4. Pour the beans with sauce into a 2-quart baking dish.
5. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 servingCalories: 200kcalCarbohydrates: 41.9gProtein: 7.2gFat: 0.9gSaturated Fat: 0gSodium: 371mgFiber: 6.5gSugar: 22.1g

Notes

Slow Cooker Option: Pour the beans with sauce into your crockpot, and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours.

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