Plantain Bread is a yummy recipe you can use overripe plantains for. It’s great for breakfast, washed down with hot chocolate.
Plantain Bread Ingredients
- Plain flour (all-purpose)
- Over ripe plantains
- Butter
- Eggs
- Brown sugar
- Baking soda
- Yeast
- Salt
- Evaporated milk
- Teaspoon cinnamon
- Roasted groundnuts (peanuts)
Notes on the Ingredients
- Use overripe plantains but not rotten ones.
- The eggs should be at room temperature, meaning that before you make the plantain bread, bring the eggs out of the fridge long before you will make the cake.
- Baking soda is not the same as baking powder.
Directions for making the Plantain Bread
- Pour the evaporated milk in a cup and warm it up a little bit, about 30 seconds in the microwave oven.
- Add the yeast to the milk, stir and set the mixture aside.
- Peel and mash the plantains either with a fork or with a potato masher till as smooth as possible. Set aside.
- Whisk the eggs and set aside.
- Melt the butter.
- In a dry bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt and baking soda.
- Add the milk and yeast mixture, the melted butter and the mashed plantains and mix.
- Add half of the roasted grounduts (peanuts), crushing it by hand as you add. Mix very well.
- Pour into a bread pan and sprinkle the remaining groundnuts on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg Celsius (350F) for 40 minutes. You can also use a pot to bake this if you don’t have an oven.
- The plantain bread is done when a wooden skewer inserted into the bread comes out clean. The bread also springs back when you press it down.
- Place it on a rack for about 5 minutes then bring it out of the pan.
- Lay on the rack till it has cooled down to a comfortable temperature.
- Slice and enjoy!
Enjoy it with a chocolate drink or any chilled soft drink.
