Source: Atlas Obscura
At first glance, you might think it’s a pumpkin or a sweet potato pie. Yet bean pies, a unique Muslim-American specialty, are made with creamy navy beans, spices, and a whole-wheat crust.
The pies, sold for fundraising and at bakeries across the United States, began in the kitchens of African-American Muslims.
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