Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

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A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or PB&J, includes one or more layers of peanut butter and one or more layers of either jelly or jam on bread. Sometimes the sandwich is eaten open-faced or with one slice of bread folded over (effectively a "half sandwich").

Variations on the sandwich are known to be made. Jelly to honey or fruit slices and instead of peanut butter. Now with the popularity of almond butter, some people are transiting to almond butter and jelly sandwiches. Marshmallow fluff can also be substituted for the jelly or just added for extra flavor; this sandwich would be called a fluffernutter.

A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 1,500 of these sandwiches before high school graduation.

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History

Peanut butter was originally paired with a diverse set of foods, such as pimento, cheese, celery, watercress, and toasted crackers. In a Good Housekeeping article published in May 1896, a recipe "urged homemakers to use a meat grinder to make peanut butter and spread the result on bread." The following month, the culinary magazine Table Talk published a "peanut butter sandwich recipe. In the early 1900s, this sandwich was adopted down the class structure as the price of peanut butter dropped. It became popular with children by the 1920s as manufacturers began adding sugar to the peanut butter. Since World War II, both peanut butter and jelly were found on US soldiers' military ration list.

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Nutrition

A peanut butter and jelly sandwich made with white bread, two tablespoons each of peanut butter and strawberry jelly, provides 27% of a person's Recommended Daily Intake of fat and 22% of their calories.

While roughly 50% of the calories are from fat, most of them come from monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fats, which have been linked positively with heart health.

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See also

• Fluffernutter
• Fool's Gold Loaf
• Jam sandwich
• Peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich
• List of sandwiches
• List of peanut dishes

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References

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External links

• Fun peanut facts
• Keep your peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich from getting soggy
• Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
• History of Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich

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