Grilled Peanut Butter and Apple Sandwich

When you make bread as moist and tasty as the banana-oatmeal bread that I wrote about yesterday, it just seems to be a shame to smear some butter on it and call it a day.  There has to be more to this world than bread and butter, right?  Well, Elvis would be proud because I decided to take the banana bread and throw on some PB (though he might not be as happy that I left out the bacon… it just didn’t seem right, but maybe next time!).

      

This sandwich could be served for breakfast or a snack or even dessert .  Really, just eat it whenever you want to because it’s tasty and fun.  And a little bit messy with the melty PB.  If you are really feeling wild, you could throw some chocolate chips in there.  Oh, yum. 

Here is how you make the grilled PB&A (this makes two sandwiches):

4 slices of banana-oatmeal bread
4-6 thin apple slices
4 Tbsp. peanut butter
4 tsp. butter or margarine

The process for making this sandwich is just like making a grilled cheese, but with different ingredients.  For each sandwich, spread 1 teaspoon of butter on one side of each slice of bread.  These will be the outsides of the sandwich.  Then spread peanut butter on the insides of one of the slices (2 tablespoons).  Lay the apple slices on the pb and then put the other slice of bread on top. 

Put the sandwiches on a skillet over medium heat.  Let them cook for about 5 minutes (or until the bread is toasted) and then flip them and cook the other side. 

Then you’re done!  It’s that easy!

Apple Crumble

On Veteran’s Day I didn’t have work and had so many good intentions of getting chores done and running errands. Of course, none of this happened. But I did make an apple crumble to take to work tomorrow! There really isn’t a recipe for my crumble. It is more a matter of what we have in the house and what kind of mood I am in. For someone who loves baking, I’m not the biggest fan of rules… which is why some of my creations end up disasters (e.g. homemade icing).

This apple crumble has a couple of different kinds of apples – whatever was in the fridge. It seems that having different apples helps to make the taste more complex. But that might just be something I tell myself when I don’t know what kinds of apples I’m throwing in there. I threw some lemon juice and brown sugar on the apples and called it done.

For the topping I mixed about 1 tablespoon of melted butter with one of those individual serving size cups of apple sauce. This was an attempt to keep the calorie count down. Then I mixed in some wheat flour, oats, brown sugar, sliced almonds, and raisins. I dotted the top of the apples with tiny little bits of butter and then threw the topping on top (which makes sense considering the name).

I put the apple crumble in a 350 degree oven and forgot about it. Literally. I cooked it for way too long and the topping was dried out. Thankfully, I had some apple cider in the fridge so I brushed it on top and it saved the whole dish. Maybe I should screw it up every time!

Here are some pictures of the final product. I was trying to be all creative so I took one in a pile of leaves…