This Recipe comes from our friend Emma at Usborne Books. This Children’s World Cookbook features lots of kid-friendly recipes with a little bit of useful info about each of the recipes. Enjoy!
Peanuts are known as groundnuts in Africa and are one of the main crops grown. This recipe uses chopped peanuts to make a type of heavy bread.
2oz. Unsalted, shelled peanuts
1 ½ cups flour
a pinch of salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
A cake pan 7 x 11in. and 1 ½ in. deep
Oven temperature: 350 F
1. Put a little butter or oil onto some paper towels and rub it lightly over the bottom and sides of the cake pan.
2. Put the peanuts into a clean plastic bag and roll a rolling pin over them, or put them into a blender to chop them.
3. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Break the egg into a cup and beat it with a fork.
4. Add the milk, sugar, beaten egg and chopped peanuts to the flour. Mix everything together well.
5. Spoon the mixture into the cake pan. Smooth the top and then leave it for 20 minutes to settle.
6. Bake the bread for 45-50 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Let it cool a little, then cut it into squares.
7. Use a spatula to lift the squares onto a wire rack. Leave them to cool completely before eating them.
