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Bacon Apple Grilled Cheese

Your tastebuds will “Fall” for this Bacon Apple Grilled Cheese, with its smokey bacon, sweet apple, and savory harvest vegetable cheese.
Course Main Course
Keyword Bacon Apple Grilled Cheese
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 31 minutes
Servings 2 sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 4 slices Master English toasting bread
  • 6 slices cooked bacon* (thick cut)
  • ½ (Pink Lady) apple, thinly sliced with a mandolin**
  • 16 slices Gilman Harvest Vegetable cheese*** (or cheese of your choosing)

Instructions

  • Heat a large frying pan over medium-low heat.
  • Butter each slice of bread, using ½ tablespoon per slice.
  • Place two of the slices of bread, butter side down, in the pan. Add 4 slices of cheese to each, add 4-5 slices of apple to each, add 3 slices of bacon to each, add 4 more slices of cheese to each, then top with the remaining two slices of bread, butter side up.
  • Cover the pan and cook for around 7-8 minutes. Low and slow is the way to go to ensure melty cheese and a super crisp exterior.
  • Remove the lid and flip each grilled cheese. Cover and cook for an additional 7-8 minutes.
  • Remove the grilled cheeses from the pan, let cool slightly, devour.

Notes

*The bacon I used came from a butcher shop in Minneapolis called Ready Meats - it’s amazing :). 
**I used a Pink Lady, but I think this would work well with any type of apple with a crisp texture and slightly sweet/tart flavor, like a Honeycrisp. Avoid Red Delicious or Granny Smith here. 
***I know you just did a double-take there. Before you think I’m trying to give you a coronary, “slices” here refer to thin slices taken from a 16-ounce block of cheese.