| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 20 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Cook: | 5 min |
| Yield: | 16 donut triangles |
Ingredients
- 8 slices white bread (or your choice of cinnamon swirl, raisin, apple, etc.)
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 4 to 6 teaspoons grape jelly (or your choice of jelly, jam, or preserves)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 41/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 12 ounces carbonated energy drink (recommended: Red Bull) or seltzer water, for carbonation
- 1 quart canola oil (approximately, as needed for deep-frying)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Lay out the slices of bread and spread approximately 1 tablespoon peanut butter on each of 4 slices and approximately 1 teaspoon jelly on each of the other 4 slices. Pair them together to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
- Heat canola oil in a deep-fryer to 375 degrees F. Mix flour, cornstarch, and baking powder and add energy drink in a stream while whisking constantly. Dip sandwiches into the batter or ladle batter over them.
- Deep-fry until golden brown. Drain on paper toweling. Mix cinnamon and sugar in a bowl and sift onto fried sandwiches while they are still hot. Slice the donut sandwiches into diagonal quarters while still warm, and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 16 servings |
| Calories | 638 |
| Total Fat | 58 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 27 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 537 mg |
Reviews
We have been making deep fried PBJs for years…How can you go wrong?!?!?! Liked the cinnamon/sugar addition (we actually usually batter them and then dip them into Cocoa Krispies B4 frying…but these were good too!!!