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The Ultimate Guide to Freezing Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Freeze Ahead Sandwiches for On-the-Go Folks

By NJW, published Feb 16, 2007
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This is valuable information if you or your family like peanut butter sandwiches and eat them at least once a month. I recently found out my children are willing to eat peanut butter and honey or peanut butter and jam sandwiches every day or even twice a day. This is good news for me!

1 loaf of whole wheat bread (You could use white, but why sacrifice all those good nutrients?)
Peanut butter
Honey or Jelly or Jam

On a clean countertop, lay out the bread in sets of two pieces. On one slice spread a very, very thin layer of peanut butter. This will be the slice that the honey, jelly, or jam goes on. You don't want to put the honey, jelly, or jam directly on the bread if it's going into the freezer-it would crystallize all gross-like. So, this very, very thin layer of peanut butter protects the bread. Then you can spread the honey, jelly, or jam on top of it. When we do honey, we like to mix it in with the peanut butter. On the second slice of bread spread the peanut butter as thick as you like. Place two pieces together and voila! Place sandwich in a sandwich baggie and into the freezer. When all the sandwiches are frozen, I like to line them all back up in the bread bag.

Prepare all the peanut butter slices first then do all the honey, jelly, or jam slices next. That way you don't get gooey stuff back in the peanut butter jar.

To thaw: Remove from freezer and thaw at room temperature for an hour.

There will be no sogginess. It's like you just made it.

How is this valuable to you? Well, if your child likes to eat peanut butter for lunch every single day (and you're okay with it), make a whole bunch at the start of the week or month. If you like to have emergency sandwiches for unexpected doctor or ER trips or long car rides (which we do if we're going to the temple 2 hours away), grab your bag of sandwiches and go!

I haven't tried it yet, but I heard you can also freeze lunchmeat and cheese sandwiches. I wouldn't recommend putting mayonnaise on it though, because mayo does NOT freeze well. You could keep the extra packets from fast food places and throw it in your lunch so you could add the mayo or mustard later to your sandwich.

Takeaways
  • When a peanut butter sandwich is made on whole wheat bread, it is a whole protein.
Did You Know?
How fast can you put a school-child's lunch together in the morning?
How fast can you put together a sandwich on the way to the birth of your child?
How much less expensive is it to make your own sandwich than to buy one?
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I love PB&J sandwiches and this idea I certainly am going to try it out!

Posted on 07/22/2008 at 3:07:43 PM

 
I am 29 and still love my PBJ. Problem was I hated making them every morning. Now I spend a half hour or so on a Sunday afternoon. I buy bread when it's on sale, and will make a whole loafs worth of sandwiches, and toss them in the freezer. In the morning I pull one out, and by lunch time it's thawed out. What a great idea. I was eating soggy sandwiches!

Posted on 05/06/2008 at 7:05:02 AM

 
Wonderful!! I used to eat PB&J everyday for lunch . . .for about a year. I figured out that putting it in the lunchbox PB side down kept the jelly side from getting soggy, but never thought to add a thick layer of PB to the jelly side. How simple is that?! Thanks for the tips on keeping the bread un-soggy after defrosting them.

Posted on 04/02/2008 at 10:04:45 AM

 
Great idea! I make PB & J every day for my 2 older kids for their school lunch. In the next few weeks I will be having my 4th baby & this will be a great time saver. I can't wait to try this out this sunday when I am getting everything else ready for the week. Thanks So Much!

Posted on 04/02/2008 at 6:04:02 AM

 
Thank you so much for the tips/info. My son eats them every day for lunch and I dislike making them every morning.

Posted on 01/08/2008 at 12:01:57 PM

 
I got a little tool from pampered chef that cuts the sandwiches into circles and seals the crusts...just like "Uncrustables" from the freezer section of the grocery store. My kids loved them, and on the pampered chef web site there were recipes for lots of different filling ideas. Although I did hate wasting all the crusts of bread, but we took them to the duck pond and fed the ducks.

Posted on 03/14/2007 at 5:03:00 PM

 
I'm alergic to PB, but this is still a neat idea.

Posted on 03/05/2007 at 7:03:00 PM

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