The Most-Awesomest PBJ Sandwich

So, today we're making Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich. Oh, I know what you're saying; "He's making PBJ? Isn't that for like 5 year olds? And who needs to know how to make PBJ?" Clearly, you don't know the most awesome way to make it. So here we go!!!

Here are the basic ingredients.

Bread

Peanut Butter

Jam of any flavor. (I really like blackberry jam with seeds, but it seems everyone else hates seeds because the only ones I can find these days are seedless)

Ok, now I know it's jam, not jelly, but if you call it PB & JAM, I will never speak to you again.

Hmmm, but something's missing here... there's something not right about this picture....

I wonder what it could be....

BAM!!! That's right, we need butter!!

I'm serious. This isn't just PBJ, this is grilled PBJ!

You might be asking me, why not just toast the bread, and make the PBJ?

Why? WHY? WHY!!!!? Because I said so. Because toasting only makes the bread crispy. Does nothing to the PB or J.

Honestly, this is the first time I did this. Here's the basic story:

So I was in the lunchroom with Mike Piccioli (I think that's how you spell his last name). Anyways, we were talking about weird food creations, and I thought, it might be nice to make a PBJ pizza without the sauce or cheese. But I realized that's just a GIANT baked one-sided PBJ. Then, I was thinking about grilled cheeses and stuff. And it hit me.

I've been toasting before PBJ my whole life. I don't make grilled cheese that way. Why not try it out?

The possible bad things that I thought might happen included:

PB separates into its own oils and whatnot.

Jam burns and goes crazy.

FIRE!!!

Well, now that you know that this is a complete first run for me, I hope you're prepared. Sometimes my wacky ideas (like the PBJ Pizza) are terrible. But I plan on this being awesome.

[EDIT]: So, someone told me this was done before... so I googled it. And yes, in fact, it was. Here I thought I was super creative. Turns out I'm not at all.

So, make a PBJ sandwich. Huh? What was that? You want me to show you how? Really?

Ugh. You people are hopeless!!

Two pieces of bread.

Jam on one. Spread.

Peanut butter on the other piece. Spread.

Note: Only put the spreads on one side of each piece of bread.

Now, a good PB and J ratio is quite necessary. Too much jelly and it's way too sweet. Too much PB and its just too thick and weird.

Anyways, make the PB and J kiss. Awww... look at them.

If you want your PBJ to be jelly side up, then just flip it. Just in case you didn't realize that.

Oh, yea forgot to tell you. If you have room temperature butter, it's a lot lot lot easier to do this next step.

Just spread some butter on each outer side. Don't go super crazy, but you should make it so that there is a complete thin layer.

In case you didn't put enough, put some butter on the pan too!

I like this grill pan. It makes the sandwich look pretty. But if you don't have one, that's fine. It'll taste just as good. Oh and medium heat.

When the butter starts to slightly turn brown in the pan, put your sandwich on it.

After about 2 minutes, flip!

Look at those grill marks!

I make diagonal cuts. It tastes better that way. What was that? It doesn't matter how you cut it? Well, maybe you say that because you're stupid. It does taste better this way.

(I had to step outside because my house was too dark.)

This is awesome with some chicken soup.

Mmmmm Mmmm goooooooood.

Well, that's it. It was a huge success. Everyone who ate it (me) thought it was such a great sandwich! Try it out. It's far better than toasting then spreading.

So I realized I had one last slice in my bag of bread. I hate it when this happens. But then again, I can now make halfies!

Yup, just like that. Or you can live on the wild side and put the jelly on the right! Ooooo, scandalous.

Fold and enjoy.