B Is For Book Sandwich

Name: B Is For Book Sandwich
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings.
Ingredients: 12 slices bread; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 1/2 teaspoon minced chives; 1/8 teaspoon onion salt; 6 slices fully cooked ham; 6 slices American cheese

To fix this ham-and-cheese pleaser, just take a page from our creative food editors. You also can use a cutout of your child’s initial. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ingredients

12 slices bread
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon minced chives
1/8 teaspoon onion salt
6 slices fully cooked ham
6 slices American cheese

Directions

Cut each slice of bread into a 3-1/2x3-1/4-in. rectangle, leaving one side with the crust on. Using a 1-1/2-in.letter cookie cutter, cut letters in half of the bread slices.
In a small bowl, stir the butter, chives and onion salt until blended. Spread on one side of each slice of bread. Top whole bread slices with ham and cheese; top with cutout bread.

Originally published as B Is For Book Sandwich in Crafting Traditions September/October 2002