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Peanut Butter and Jelly Mug Muffin

By Wes Ellis2 min read
Jam-studded muffins in a dark muffin tin on a cooling rack.
Recipe card
Servings
1
Prep
5 minutes
Cook
60 to 90 seconds, plus 10 seconds for the peanut butter
Method
Microwave
Difficulty
Easy
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Part 16 of the thread Microwave muffins and mug cakes

THE SHORT VERSION4 points
  • Plain vanilla muffin, 60 to 90 seconds.
  • Warm the peanut butter about 10 seconds, no more.
  • Drizzle the PB, then add 1 tablespoon of jam.
  • Eat it right away; it doesn't keep once topped.
THE RECIPE · PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY MUG MUFFIN

Ingredients

Muffin

Topping

You'll need

  • Microwave-safe mug or bowl
  • Small microwave-safe bowl
  • Fork or small whisk

Directions

  1. Stir the protein powder, milk and pancake mix together until smooth.
  2. Pour into a greased mug or bowl and microwave on high for 60 to 90 seconds, until set.
  3. Microwave the peanut butter in a small bowl for about 10 seconds, just until it loosens.
  4. Drizzle the peanut butter over the muffin, spoon the jam on top and eat it right away.
Notes Best fresh; once it's topped, it doesn't reheat well. Roughly 285 calories and 40 g protein per serving, give or take.

wesellis.com/blog/peanut-butter-and-jelly-muffin/

Peanut butter and jelly doesn't need to be improved. It just needs to be put on something warm. In this case, that's a plain vanilla mug cakeA single serving of cake batter cooked right in a mug or bowl in the microwave, usually in a minute or two. It won't brown like an oven cake, but it's done before you could preheat one.More: Protein Blueberry Muffins, Baked or Microwaved, and the result eats more like a sweet snack than a sensible breakfast. That's fine.

Ten seconds, not twenty

The one step that can go wrong is warming the peanut butter. Ten seconds turns it from a stiff spoonful into something you can drizzle. Twenty seconds and it's scorching hot, and a little longer than that it can start to scorch in the bowl. Go short and stir; you can always add five more.

Warm peanut butter soaks into the top of the muffin a little, and the cold jam on top of it is the whole contrast. Warm, salty, cold, sweet. Same reason a toasted PB&J beats a regular one.

Try this

If you want the peanut butter flavor all the way through, swirl a little into the batter before it goes in the microwave.

Pick your jam

Any jam works. Strawberry and grape are the classics; raspberry is a little sharper and cuts the richness. Sugar-free jam is fine here, and a tablespoon is plenty.

For more peanut butter, the PB Chocolate Cookies and the Chocolate and Peanut Butter Protein Shakes are both good places to go next.

Heads up

Peanut butter heats unevenly and holds heat. Stir it before you taste it.

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