I hope there is no age limit on loving grilled sandwiches for dinner. To my beloved’s dismay at times, I love nothing more than grilled sandwiches or plain toasts with canned soup for dinner. Men being men, it seems like the ideal men-approved dinners tend to revolve around plenty of carbs, meat and minimal veggies *sigh*. So in his eyes, grilled sandwiches and toasts belong to the snack category rather than main course. Fortunately for me, I have full control of the kitchen operation; unfortunately for him, he has to eat whatever the operator (me) produces. 😉
Tonight I was craving for some peanut butter and jelly sandwich for dinner and thanks for some leftovers from previous night, my beloved’s dinner was covered. Hence it would be wrong if I didn’t act on my PB&J cravings.
This time, however, I wanted to stray a little from the conventional PB&J. I wanted a version which screamed decadence! Maybe it has something to do with the upcoming holiday huh? Still fresh from my previous cornflakes crusted “deep fried” wings recipe, I thought why not give my PB&J the first coating of beaten egg (to make a french toast) and followed by a crusty coating of handcrushed cornflakes?
Oh don’t mind me, as always, I’m on a quest to “crunchy-tize” my food. 😛
Cornflakes Crusted Grilled Peanut Butter – Jelly Sandwich
What you’ll need to make 2 sandwiches:
- 4 slices of bread
- 1 egg
- A dash of milk
- 1.5 cup cornflakes
- Peanut butter
- Jelly or Jam
- Butter to grease the pan
Method:
1. Pour cornflakes onto a flat plate and crush using your palms and fingers. Set aside.
2. Beat one egg with a dash of milk on a separate flat plate. Set aside.
3. Make the sandwich.
4. Dip the sandwich in the egg mixture for both sides. Then do the same with the cornflakes crumbs.
5. Heat a pan with some butter and grill the sandwich on both sides until golden brown. Make sure this is done on low heat.
6. Repeat step 4 and 5 for the remaining sandwich. Serve immediately.
{Enjoy!}
I can just imagine the crunch crunch crunch!
Hi Penny, yep it’s crunchy all da wayyyyyyyyyy! 😀
I’m totally making this for my husband for supper tonight. He will freak out with happiness. So will my kids. Well done!
Aww, lucky you – having a husband and kids that will jump for joy over grilled sandwiches for supper (I’m assuming you meant dinner right? – In my household, supper means snack time before bed time)! 🙂 Hope you’ll enjoy the sandwiches!
Interesting and delicious idea!!!
Thanks for your lovely comment, Liz! 🙂
What a creative idea! I love it…there is nothing wrong with grilled sandwiches for dinner! Who doesn’t love PB&J?
Oh you’re so sweet about the grilled sandwiches for dinner thing. The “adults” in my life will shake their heads at the idea *roll my eyes*
Great idea! Love anything crunchy, and I can’t live without my daily dose of PB and J (I eat it every morning– actually this dish would be fun for breakfast too!)
Hi Melissa,
Wow every morning? I try to space it out, alternating between PB&J and cream cheese. Ok now, I see it in writing, I don’t see the whole point of spacing it out (I thought I was trying to be healthy). 😉
i think im in love
yep, that makes the two of us – in the PB&J love boat! 😉
I was initially confused at what I was looking at, but now that I understand, it looks delicious!
Thanks Mimi, for your lovely comment! I hope the pine cone branch wasn’t the culprit behind your confusion. 😉
What a fabulous idea. I LOOOVE PB&J. Who doesn’t?!
Thanks Dawn! I totally agree with you!
That looks absolutely amazing! great idea!
Glad that you don’t think its too ridiculous, hehe! 😉
This is like a next level of peanut butter jelly sandwich Emily! I really like your decoration and the plate is pretty.
Hehe, got some time to kill lately and hence the decoration. It’s actually a pine cone branch I picked from the Botanical Park where I live, didn’t know what to do with it at the time, but I needed to bring it home to add to my pile of “stuffs” I’ve been collecting, hehe!
I came to your site for the lamb meatballs but, I’ll come back because of these fun sandwiches! What a really fun twist!
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Hi Sandy,
I’m happy that you like both of my made-up recipes, hehe! Oh and thanks for the info on the giveaway, LOVE KitchenAid mixer, who doesn’t?
What beautiful pictures! I am not a fan of a traditional pb&j (not that being cornflake crusted is traditional – I just don’t like jelly) but htis looks amazing!
Hi Kita,
While we were going on and on about who doesn’t like PB&J, there you are ,hahaha! 😉
Thanks for your lovely comment. 😀
Just the photos made me so hungry! I haven’t had a sandwich dinner in such a long time… nor PB&J for that matter. They don’t even sell peanut butter at the shops here 🙁
Oh you poor thing – if there’s no PB & J sandwich, I’m also happy with melted butter over toast. 🙂
What a novel and fun idea…some of the best things are simple. This is a kid (and adult) pleaser!
Yeah, grilled sandwich is fun to make as well as to eat, hehehe! Just thought one can’t go wrong with PB&J sandwich….for snack as well as or dinner. 😛
Add crunch to a great treat. Love it. Great new way to get the peanut butter benefits to health.
Omg I’m so excited to make this for breakfast tomorrow O.O
Emily:
I think I’m going to try PB&J with a specialty flake like that’s got a little more punch. I was already hungry before I read this. Now I’m really hungry!!! Thanks for the beautiful new way to make my PB&J sing.
Thanks Cynthia… you can’t go wrong with a crunchy PB&J!