Cinnamon Spiced Great Northern Beans

Recipe By

BasilMomma

"This slow cooker beans recipe is a perfect weeknight dish. Your house will smell amazing as it’s cooking and it will fill you up with the very best tastes of Hurst’s Great Northern Beans. There’s a meatless option too, so everyone will love this recipe!"

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

8 hours

Servings

10

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Ingredients

  • 1 (20 oz) bag HamBeens® 15 BEAN SOUP®

  • 4 cups water

  • 4 cups vegetable or chicken stock

  • 1 lb of cooked meat, optional (ham, ham bone, jowl OR no meat at all!)

  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped

  • 1 medium shallot, diced

  • 2 tbsp brown sugar

  • 2 bay leaves, dried

  • 1 tsp kosher salt (taste before serving to see if you need more)

  • 1 tsp of black peppercorns

  • 1½ tsp ground cinnamon

  • 1 cinnamon stick

  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter

  • 1 tsp of seasoning packet

Cooking Directions

  1. Rinse beans, discarding any that are bad, as well as unwanted debris.

  2. Add rinsed beans to a 6 qt slow cooker.

  3. Add water, stock, sugar, shallot, meat (optional), garlic, peppercorns, salt, bay leaf, ground cinnamon, cinnamon stick, butter, and 1 tsp of seasoning.

  4. Place lid and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8-9 OR until beans are soft and liquid is absorbed.

  5. Do not lift the lid. It can add up to 30 minutes of cooking time each time you lift.

  6. Allow to cool 15 minutes and give the beans a light mash.

  7. Remove bay leaves and cinnamon stick.

  8. Serve as a base for pork cracklins, the meat you cooked with it, or no meat at all!