Recipe for Butterbean Casserole or Baked Lima Beans

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Ingredients:

Amount	Ingredient
4 can	small Butter Beans, or small Lima Beans,
1 x	Vidalia or sweet type onion, chopped small
1/2 cup	chopped celery (strings removed)
1 x	sweet red or green bell pepper, seeded, chopped
1 clv	garlic, crushed, peeled, finely chopped (optional)
2 tbl	to 1/4 cup butter, melted
2 x	or 3 teaspoons bacon drippings (optional)
	----------------- Sauce: ----------------
1 can	(8 oz) plain tomato sauce
2 x	or 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar, to taste
1/2 tsp	table salt, to taste
1/8 tsp	black pepper
1/2 tsp	paprika (optional)
	----------------- Topping: ----------------
1/2 cup	grated sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup	Ritz Crackers or Ritz Cheese Crackers, crumbled (10-12)
1/2 stk	butter, melted, for drizzling on top

Instructions:

Instructions: Drained and rinse beans with cold water and drained again.

Reserve butter beans. Saute onions, peppers and celery in butter and bacon drippings over low heat until soft. Add garlic (optional), tomato sauce, paprika, sugar, salt and black pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Combine beans and sauce mixture in a 9x13 baking dish or pan.

Bake at 350 Degrees F. for about 25 minutes.

Add Topping: Top with the grated cheese. Cover with crumbled Ritz cracker crumbs. Drizzle with melted butter. Bake at 350 Degrees F. until sauce thickens and topping is golden brown-about 20 more minutes.

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