Melted Ham and Cheese Loaf |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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From an old 17 Magazine. Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter |
1 garlic clove, minced |
1 loaf oval rye bread or 1 loaf italian bread, unsliced |
8 slices boiled ham (thin slices) |
8 slices swiss cheese (thin slices) |
Directions:
1. Melt butter is a small saucepan, and stir in garlic.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
3. Cut bread crosswise into 8 sections (seven cuts), not quite through to bottom crust. With a pastry brush, spread garlic butter on both sides of bread at each cut. Tuck 2 slices each of ham and cheese into every other cut in bread.
4. Wrap loaf in aluminum foil; bake for 40 minutes, or until heated through. Open foil around loaf; turn oven to broil. Broil loaf for 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese bubbles.
5. To serve, slice through unfilled cuts (serve while warm).
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