You may use any brand of peanut butter that you'd like and any flavor of jelly or jam that you'd like, and even any variety of bread, for this recipe! What's left? Well, let's see...
Here are the basics:
Farmer Boy PB & J
Take 2 slices of bread for your sandwich and lay them out on your workspace.
In a bowl, mix together 2 - 4 Tablespoons of your peanut butter, with the same amount of jelly.
(I've found that this seems to give it a more velvety taste!)
Smooth the mixture onto one slice of bread. Place the other slice on top.
Brush the top side of the sandwich with melted butter.
Lay the buttered side down on a medium hot griddle or skillet. Cook till the bottom is lightly browned. Brush the exposed top with melted butter and flip the sandwich over. Cook till the second side is lightly browned. Serve warm - or cold - (If you refrigerate it for a few minutes, it won't ooze out so much!)
Oh, and don't forget: a glass of milk goes good with it!
This time I chose to use rye bread and blackberry jelly. For an extra treat, you could top the sandwich with a dollop of whipped cream - but then you'd want to eat it with a knife and fork!
As I hinted before, my usual way to make a PB & J, would be to use a Pita bread, (cut in half and opened up) and fill it with this combination of peanut butter and jelly. I just like the way the pita makes an envelope for the filling. :)
Did Laura Ingalls Wilder eat PB & J's growing up on the prairie? I don't think so, because peanut butter wasn't invented until around 1890; and not put into mass production till a decade or two after that time. But, Laura, Manly and Rose may have included it in their menu when they lived in Mansfield!
If you make either sandwich, please leave a comment here. Thanks!
The Old Man in the Bib Overalls
2 comments:
Ahhh...this is something that I discovered many years ago and introduced my husband to. It's a favorite lunch of his, minus the jelly. He does not like jelly, but LOVES peanut butter. Sometimes we add a little honey to his sandwiches.
Here's another variation that one of my daughter's friend discovered: Cream cheese and jelly, grilled the same way. It's good, but not very healthy. My daughter is now allergic to wheat and milk products (among other things) and one of the things she misses most is a simple pb&j sandwich.
Laura @ The Sweet Simple Things
Regarding peanut butter, it was patented in 1884, but probably something similar was made by various Native American tribes for many years before. Many nuts and other vegetable products were crushed into slurries by various Native American tribes.
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