Real Home Cookin’

Pinto Bean Applesauce Cake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter (or margarine or reconstituted butter powder)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs (or 5 tablespoons dried egg powder mixed with 5 tablespoons water)
• 1 cup warm water
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon each; baking soda, salt, allspice, and cinnamon
• 1 cup cooked mashed pinto beans
• 1 cup sweetened applesauce (or reconstituted dried applesauce)
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup nuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Add water and dry ingredients. Stir in beans, applesauce, raisins, nuts, and vanilla. Bake in 2 greased loaf pans at 350° F for 40–50 minutes. This recipe is very good for freezing.