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BACON, TOMATO, AND CHEESE OPEN
SANDWICH
 
My mother would make these often in late Summer when the tomatoes were fresh-ripe from the garden. This has always been one of my favorite quick-to-prepare snacks. Now, I hope the squirrels and chipmunks save me a few of those tomatoes!

Ingredients for each serving:

1 English muffin, split into halves
2 slices American (or other sandwich sized slice of melting cheese)
2 (or more) slices ripe tomato, 1/8-inch thick
2 slices bacon
pinch garlic powder (optional)
butter or olive oil
pinch salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 375-400°F.

Split the English muffin and brush with melted butter or olive oil. Place the cheese on the English muffin bottom half, and another slice of cheese on the top half. Add sliced tomato to cover cheese. Add bacon slices either in whole pieces or cut into halves, if desired.

Sprinkle very lightly with garlic powder (not garlic salt), and then optionally with salt and pepper, to taste.

Place on top shelf of oven or under broiler until cheese is melted and bubbly and the bacon has lightly browned.

Note: If you like your bacon to be more crisp, you can partially cook it first, but we like it the way it turns out just browned on the top edges and the cheese with golden brown bubbles.

2 English muffin halves per serving.

Submitted by: CM

recipe reviews
Bacon, Tomato, and Cheese Open Sandwich
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 Lily (Alabama) says:
Simple and yummy :) I pre-toasted the muffin just a tad. It was wonderful! Thank you.
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 Bessler (New Jersey) says:
Had similar as a child. Our version : toast one side of a good slice of bread. Flip. Place a large thick Jersey tomato slice on the untoasted side up. Place a couple nice slices of American cheese to cover tomato. Criss cross top with 2 slices par. Cooked Bacon. Back under broiler til Bacon is sizzling and cheese begins to puff and brown. Made them again tonight! Yum!
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 Leslie (Pennsylvania) says:
I'm glad to see more Pandemic of 2020 type recipes featured. Especially with so many school children attending class virtually full or part time. This the type of recipe many are turning too. People working from home or those self isolating or quarantining. A quick recipe for essential workers after an exhausting shift as well.

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