Sweet Plantain Bread Loaf

Mmmmm to make and to eat this feels like a warm hug.

Serving Size: 2 people

Ingredients:

Dough

• 1/4 plantain

• 1 cup Spelt flour

• 1 cup Unbleached all-purpose flour

• 1 Packet of yeast / 2 ¼ teaspoons

• 1/4 cup of sugar

• 1 teaspoon of salt

• 1 teaspoon ginger powder

• Dash of cinnamon

• 3/4 cup of water

• 2 tablespoon of Expeller Pressed Avocado Oil

Directions:

Dough

1. Wash, peel, and cut the plantain in half

2. Add water to a medium pot and boil at medium heat

3. Add oil to frying pan (coat bottom)

4. Warm up 1/4 cup of water (lukewarm)

5. Pour water in mixing bowl and add yeast

6. Add a pinch of sugar to mixing bowl with yeast. Stir then cover mixing bowl for 5 minutes

7. Add all the dry ingredients

8. Add water and half the oil

9. Knead mixture together

10. Take plantain out of pot once fully cooked (fork smoothly goes into it)

11. Mash plantain up in a bowl and then knead into the dough

12. Coat bowl with the rest of the oil and let dough sit in it

13. Cover mixing bowl with kitchen towel for 15 min to let dough rise

14. Preheat over to 350 degrees

15. Remove towel off of bowl, add flour to hands and then fold the dough into itself and knead again

16. Let dough sit in mixing bowl, covered for another 15 min

17. Sprinkle cornmeal or flour on base of bread pan (to prevent sticking)

18. Add dough to bread or baking pan and place in oven

19. Let bake for 25 min

20. Take loaf out and brush with oil

21. Place loaf back in for 10 min

Serve:

1. Slice that babe open