Baked Ripe Plantains

What do you do if you don't have time to make your Platanos and your plantains are now yellow? You can bake them. The advantage to this recipe is that you can make ahead and reheat in the microwave. Keep covered to maintain moisture.



Baked Ripe Plantains

Start with very ripe plantains. Jacket will be yellow like a regular banana you slice into your Cheerios. Slice lengthwise and peel. Slice in half lengthwise. Place in buttered pan, flat side down, lining the bottom of the pan with plantains. With a brush, paint over with a little butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg, brown sugar and 1/2 cup orange juice. Cover pan and bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes. Remove cover and bake for another 20 minutes. Place on plate to serve by itself or add stuff like Cool Whip or ice cream.

This snack tastes rather like a baked sweet potato. If you have a much younger crowd, you may want to add more brown sugar.

Here they are in the oven baking. We used an aluminum cake pan.