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Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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A perennial favorite: soft melted cheese and pressed, buttery toast.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    1 Sandwich

Ingredients

2 slices Cheddar, American, or Swiss cheese
2 slices white bread
2 tablespoons butter

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put the cheese between the slices of bread. Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a skillet or grill and when melted add the sandwich. Gently press down with a spatula once or twice during the grilling. When one side is golden, add the remaining tablespoon of butter, turn the sandwich over, and brown.

  2. Grilled Cheese with Bacon.

    Step 2

    Fry 3 slices bacon until cooked but not crisp. Pat dry of excess fat, add on top of the cheese, and grill as directed.

  3. Grilled Cheese with Ham.

    Step 3

    Put 2 thin slices ham on the cheese and grill as directed. Serve with sweet pickle.

  4. Onion-Cheese Sandwich.

    Step 4

    Follow the recipe for Grilled Cheese Sandwich, but lightly coat 1 slice of bread with Dijon mustard. Sauté 3 to 4 slices onion in butter and put on top of the cheese. Cover and grill.

  5. Tomato-Cheese Sandwich.

    Step 5

    Follow the recipe for Grilled Cheese Sandwich, but add two thin slices tomato to the sandwich before grilling.

Cover of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook 1996 edition.
Excerpted by permission of Knopf from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of America's Great Classic Cookbook, copyright © 1996 by Marion Cunningham. All rights reserved. Buy the full book from Amazon or Bookshop.
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