The Perfect PB&J Completely From Scratch

We're making homemade jam, homemade peanut butter, and homemade bread to complete our totally from scratch peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Prep
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cook
1 hour
Total
2 hours, 30 minutes
Serves
6
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The Perfect PB&J Completely From Scratch
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Ingredients

Bread:

(yields 1 loaf sandwich bread) 

  • ¾ cup (175 ml) water
  • ½ cup (125 ml) whole milk
  • 9g instant yeast
  • 3 cups (440g) bread flour
  • 1.5 tsp (8g) fine sea salt
  • 1 Tbsp  (21g) granulated sugar
  • 3 Tbsp (42g) unsalted butter, softened

Peanut Butter:

  • 2.5 cups (375g) raw peanuts
  • ½ tsp (5g) fine sea salt

Strawberry Jam:

  • 2 lbs (900g) strawberries, halved or quartered
  • 3 cups (550g) granulated sugar

Directions

Bread:

  1. Start by mixing water with whole milk heated to 95℉. Mix in instant yeast. Let sit.
  2. In a large bowl, combine bread flour, sea salt, and sugar. Whisk together.
  3. Using a stand mixer, begin mixing and gradually add in the instant yeast mixture.
  4. Mix until combined then add in softened butter. Mix until incorporated.
  5. Place in a greased bowl and cover.  Let rise until doubled.
  6. Punch the gas out of the dough. Roll into a rectangle on a lightly floured surface.
  7. Roll the rectangle from bottom up into a tube. Place into a greased loaf pan and cover with a damp towel and let proof until doubled in size. 
  8. Place into a 350℉ preheated oven and bake for 35 - 40 minutes.
  9. Let cool and rest on a wire rack on its side.

Peanut Butter:

  1. Toss the raw peanuts onto a baking sheet and into an oven set to 350℉ for 12 minutes.
  2. For skin-on peanuts, place into a towel and rub together until all the skins are removed.
  3. Place the skinless peanuts to the side to cool completely.
  4. Once cooled, add to a food processor and process on high speed until liquid smooth.
  5. Add in fine sea salt and process until desired peanut consistency is reached.

Jam:

  1. Start by cutting the tops off the strawberries and cut in half.
  2. Place into a medium saucepan with granulated sugar and stir until thoroughly incorporated. Let macerate for 10 minutes.
  3. Using a potato masher, mash the strawberries then place on the stove set to medium-high heat.
  4. Bring to a boil and let boil for 8-10 minutes stirring occasionally.
  5. Pour into a bowl and set over an ice bath until cooled.

Assembly:

  1. Slice the desired bread.
  2. Top one slice of bread with peanut butter and the other with strawberry jam.
  3. Place together and slice before serving.