Fluffin’ it Up with Fluffernutter

So there I was sitting down, cup of coffee in hand staring at a “big” news story in my local paper. The story, covered all this past week was about fluffernutter, that marshmallowey goodness virtually all New England children (and grown up children) love. The flap? Seems a certain legislator was miffed that his son could get a fluffernutter sandwich anytime he wanted during school lunch. The son was tickled pink about that. The dad, a legislator in my state, was not. So what’s a disgruntled legislator to do but take pick up the anti-fluff banner and try and pass legislation limiting the amount of fluff to be served in school lunches! As one parent who was interviewed for the story said, “I basically think it should be up to the parents if they eat it or not. There’s a lot of problems in the schools with stuff besides fluff.” Well said! You can read the wide news coverage on the fluff flap at this link HERE

Fluffernutter, for those of you not in the know, is basically marshmallow in a cream form so you can spread it, or use it in cooking. You can learn about Fluff at the official Fluffernutter site at this link HERE.

So, in defense of fluff, and basically because there’s nothing quite like a fluff sandwich and a glass of Milk, here’s how we whip up a fluff sandwich in my kitchen.

What you’ll need
Fluffernutter
Peanut butter (I prefer an all natural brand as it brings more thickness and heft to the sandwich)
Bread (white bread is the standard choice, but using an all natural whole wheat makes the sandwich stand up to the rigors of assembling the sandwich - trust me you’ll need it)
1 Cup of milk
2 Tablespoons (one for the fluff, one for the peanut butter>

Place the bread on a cutting board, both pieces down and separate. Then, take a tablespoon and plunge it into the fluff. Scoop out a heaping helping and slap it onto the bread. You’ll notice that the marshmallow doesn’t exactly spread by itself as it’s very gooey. Start spreading it about, you may find you need two tablespoons worth of fluff to make it work. This is gooey work and white bread definitely tends to tear so if you choose to use white bread you might need three tablespoons of fluff and sort of plop it down. With wheat bread you have a bit more strength to the bread so you can spread the fluff somewhat better.

After the fluff is spread evenly over the bread use a fresh tablespoon to plunge into the peanut butter and scoop out a tablespoon of peanuty goodness. Spread that evenly over the bread.

Place the fluff piece on top of the peanut butter piece and voila! You have a fluffernutter sandwich. Pour a glass of milk and enjoy. And you’ll be taking a political stand at the same time