PBJ with Bacon, Banana, and Berries

By sidecars

I haven't made this yet. My quest for the best PB and J variants continues.

Ingredients

• 8 slices of bacon
• 3 small bananas
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup blackberries
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• Or 1/4 cup tart blackberry jam
• 8 slices soft, French Bread or some hearty toasted bread. Open faced... or closed and toasted.
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup peanut butter

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from everydaysouthwest.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

Cook the bacon in a medium sized frying or saute pan. Drain on paper towels.

Meanwhile, place the blackberries, sugar and lemon juice in a small pot and cook over medium heat until the berries give off their juice when mashed with a fork and sugar is dissolved. Stir and cook to desired thickness. Or, use a tart blackberry jam.

Slice the bananas crosswise into 2 to 3 inch segments and then lengthwise into slices a little thicker than ¼ inch. Dust the bananas with flour and fry in the bacon fat remaining in the saute pan until golden brown.

Butter one side of each slice of bread. Spread 2 tablespoons of peanut butter on the other side of 4 of the slices. Layer bacon, bananas and 1 tablespoon of blackberry jam on top of the peanut butter. Top with the other slice of buttered bread with the butter facing out.

Wipe out the saute pan and grill the sandwiches until golden brown.

Serve the sandwiches warm from the pan.