Elvis Presley's Favorite Peanut Butter Sandwich Recipe

Lee Zalben
Elvis Presley's Favorite Peanut Butter Sandwich Recipe

Celebrate Elvis Presley's birthday on January 8 with his favorite peanut butter sandwich.

Adapted from The Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook

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  • Yield:1 sandwich
  • Active time: 10 minutes
  • Total time:10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 slices white bread
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter (Peanut Butter & Co. Smooth Operator or Crunch Time, for example)
  • 1/2 large ripe banana, sliced lengthwise into four thin pieces
  • 4 slices bacon, cooked
  • 2 tablespoons honey

Directions

  1. 1.

    Preheat a grill pan or griddle over medium heat. Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread. Spread peanut butter on other side of each slice of bread. Place banana slices on top of peanut butter. Top with bacon slices and drizzle with honey. Top with the remaining slice of bread, buttered side up.

  2. 2.

    Place sandwich on grill pan. Cook until golden brown and crispy, about 3 minutes per side. Remove to cutting board, slice in half, and serve immediately.

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Founder & President of Peanut Butter & Co.

Lee Zalben aka “The Peanut Butter Guy” is the Founder and President of Peanut Butter & Co. In 1998 Lee opened the Peanut Butter & Co. sandwich shop in New York City and in 2003 expanded into retail distribution. His line of ten different varieties of all natural peanut butter (Dark Chocolate Dreams, Cinnamon Raisin Swirl, Smooth Operator, etc.) is now sold at over 15,000 supermarkets and natural food stores throughout the US and Canada, including Kroger, Safeway, Target, Walmart, and Whole Foods. Lee has a passion for delicious, wholesome food and the people who grow it, produce it, and cook it, and serve it! Lee is the author of The Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook (Quirk Books) which is now in its fourth printing, and writes the weekly That’s Nuts column for Serious Eats. A graduate of Vassar College, Lee also earned a master’s degree from Pace University.

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