Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich

Ingredients

• 4 slices white sandwich bread
• 6 tbsp creamy peanut butter
• 2 ripe bananas
• 4 tbsp salted butter
• 4 slices bacon, optional
• 1 tbsp honey, optional
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Before you cook

• Peel the bananas and slice them into thin coins.
• Spread three tablespoons of peanut butter on one side of two bread slices.
• Butter one side of all four bread slices, using about 2 tablespoons of the butter.

Steps

1. Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat for about 8 minutes, until crisp, then drain it and pour off the fat, if you are using it.
2. Lay the banana coins over the peanut butter in an overlapping single layer.
3. Dust the bananas with the cinnamon and drizzle on the honey if you want it sweeter.
4. Lay the bacon strips over the banana, breaking them to fit.
5. Close each sandwich with a remaining slice of bread, buttered side facing out.
6. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in the skillet over medium-low heat.
7. Set both sandwiches in the pan and press them down with a spatula.
8. Griddle for 3 minutes, until the underside is dark golden and smells toasted.
9. Flip the sandwiches and griddle for 3 minutes more, until the peanut butter has gone runny and the bananas are soft.
10. Move the sandwiches to a board, wait a minute, then cut them in half and serve warm.