Introduction
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a popular delicacy for most Americans. Often, it is served as a snack or lunch. Therefore, understanding how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is crucial to making a delicacy for children and adults. Though a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a common delicacy, its proper preparation is go-to comfort food. Furthermore, preparing peanut butter and jelly sandwich is an important nutritional necessity and part of an easy to follow process task. This paper shows the required materials and appropriate steps to be followed while preparing the sandwich
Materials
- American sandwich bread (two slices per sandwich)
- Peanut butter
- Grape jelly or jam
- Butter knife
- Sandwich plate
- Cookie-cutter or sandwich cutter
Steps
Step One
Collect all the required materials
Step Two
Place all the materials on a clean table
Step Three
Open the grape jelly jar
Step Four
Unload the two slices of bread out of their package. Using a cookie cutter or sandwich cutter, cut the dry crust off the two slices of bread
Step Five
Using the knife, smear jelly on one piece of bread and spread it to all corners of the slice as shown below
Step Six
Open the peanut butter jar
Step Seven
Using the knife, smear the peanut butter on the other slice of bread so that the entire bread is covered in the peanut. If the peanut butter starts tearing up the bread, it is important to stir the peanut butter before taking step seven. This procedure loosens up the mix and minimizes any chances of the peanut butter holding up as a glob. In addition, if the peanut butter is dotted with peanuts, it is important o put it in a microwave for about 20 minutes before smearing it on the bread so that it spreads like butter.
Step Eight
Attach the peanut butter smeared loaf and the jelly smeared loaf together in perfect synchrony as shown below
Step Nine
Place the two slices of bread on a plate and clear any mess that may have been left on the table
Step Ten
Freeze the sandwich so that it is thawed and slightly chilled before consumption. This procedure ensures there is less tearing of the sandwich during consumption.
Conclusion
From the above simple steps, clearly, making frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a simple process. However, it should be observed that, if there is anybody in the house who suffers allergic reactions from consuming peanut butter, one knife should not be used to smear the jelly and peanut butter. Also during consumption, a napkin may be used if the peanut butter and jelly has been smeared excessively such that it oozes from the edges of the sandwich. Furthermore, if the sandwich is to be stored for future consumption, the peanut butter slice should be below the jam-smeared slice because the jelly may soak the sandwich and create a mess. If the sandwich is stored with the peanut slice on top, the peanut acts as an insulator to prevent the sandwich from soaking with jelly. These steps should therefore be considered during the entire preparation process. If any challenges are encountered, it is important to refer to Lesley Holroid’s article “How to make a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich” (cited in “What’s Cooking in Third Grade?: Student Stories and Outrageous Advice from Mrs. Sanburg’s 3rd Grade Class of 2004” by Susan Driscoll).