open-faced grilled chese

[shallowwater]

We're going to start this one off easy.

Difficulty Level: Easy-Peasy
Ingredients Level: Basic
Meal Level: Snack-ish
Time: 10 mins.

Ingredients:
Bread (I like the "fresh" Italian bread from Kroger)
Cheese (I like your basic block of cheddar, but you can mix it up)

Step 1: Slice bread to desired thickness (Skip if you have pre-sliced bread)

Step 2: Slice several pieces of cheese, pretty thin (think 1/8th inch or so).

Step 3: Put cheese slices on bread. Trim any that is hanging over the edge of the bread as it will drip and make a mess.

Step 4: Put cheese-covered bread on some sort of cookie sheet or pan under the broiler on your oven (on the highest rack possible) or in your toaster oven. Set to Broil or toast. Wait till cheese is nice and melty and bubbly, less than 5 mins.

Step 5: Carefully get it off the pan without burning yourself and EAT.

Comments

[sid]

We used to make something like this when I was growing up. I think my mother called them "melted cheesers". It was our standard accompaniment to soup.

We toasted one side of the bread under the broiler, flipped the slices over, and spread butter on the untoasted side before topping with the cheese.

I haven't had these in years!