Mama’s Yankee White Bean Pies

Name: Mama’s Yankee White Bean Pies
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: Two 15-ounce cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained; 1 3/4 cups crushed Ritz crackers (about 35 crackers); 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 1 teaspoon salt; 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; Olive oil, for frying; 1 Vidalia onion, thinly sliced, for serving; Mayonnaise, for serving; 12 slices white bread

December 9, 2011

Mama is friends with a couple from Indiana named the Moyers, who we like to refer to as Yankees. They taught her how to turn a handful of affordable, simple ingredients into these fried-patty sandwiches that will rock your world.

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