Making Plantain bread at home

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

1.     Use overripe plantains but not rotten ones.
2.     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.
3.     Baking soda is not the same as baking powder.

Directions for making the Plantain Bread

1. Pour the evaporated milk in a cup and warm it up a little bit, about 30 seconds in the microwave oven.
2. Add the yeast to the milk, stir and set the mixture aside.
3. Peel and mash the plantains either with a fork or with a potato masher till as smooth as possible. Set aside.
4. Whisk the eggs and set aside.
5. Melt the butter.
6. In a dry bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt and baking soda.
7. Add the milk and yeast mixture, the melted butter and the mashed plantains and mix.
8. Add half of the roasted grounduts (peanuts), crushing it by hand as you add. Mix very well.
9. Pour into a bread pan and sprinkle the remaining groundnuts on top.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Place it on a rack for about 5 minutes then bring it out of the pan.
13. Lay on the rack till it has cooled down to a comfortable temperature.
14. Slice and enjoy!

Enjoy it with a chocolate drink or any chilled soft drink.