Ingredients 2 tablespoons peanut butter (preferably smooth) 2 slices white sandwich bread 1 small ripe banana mashed with a fork (about 1/4 cup) 2 tablespoons butter

Instructions
Spread peanut butter evenly on 1 slice of bread, then spread mashed banana on other slice, leaving a 1/4-inch border around edge. Close sandwich, gently pressing bread slices together.

Heat butter in an 8- to 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then fry sandwich, turning over once, until golden brown, about 2 minutes total.

Eat immediately with a knife and fork.


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Yields: 1 Sandwich
     Gourmet magazine, September 2005

notes:  Adapted from America's 100 Best Sandwiches by Jane and Michael Stern

Good as it is, but becomes amazing if you toast the bread first then butter the outside of the sandwich. Put peanut butter on BOTH slices, slice the banana (don't mash), grill (on a goerge foreman or the like), then dip in honey. Not the healthiest, but easily the best comfort food of all time.

Cuisine:   American-South

Main Ingredient:   Banana