Caramelized Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Sorry for the long delay in posts.  Between things going on at work and a general laziness in the kitchen, I haven’t really made anything new.  With the new year comes a new chance to dust off the kitchen utensils and get to work.  Hopefully I will be updating a lot more frequently.  I already have a buildup of 2 other recipes that should be appearing shortly!

The Recipe

This week comes a new recipe that I have tried a couple times before and have really enjoyed.  Now introducing the Caramelized Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwich.  I know what you are thinking….apples and cheese together, I am not so sure about that.  Believe me, I was in the same boat but I was intrigued so I decided to give it a shot anyway.  Check out the recipe from Closet Cooking here.

Making the recipe

I was going to be making about 9 of these sandwiches I decided to peel and slice up the apples the night before.  I cut up 8 apples to be ready to caramelize and kept them from browning with a bit of lemon juice.

The apples can take a while to cook down so I started these and then started buttering the bread.  It really does help things mix together if you melt the butter and the brown sugar together before adding the apples.  This time I used dark brown sugar and it gave the apples a bit stronger flavor than regular brown sugar.

Melted Butter

With the brown sugar melted in

Apples right after I dumped them in

Apples all cooked down

This was also the perfect excuse to whip out my new Presto griddle.  I let the cheese start melting a bit and then added a bit of the apples on top.  Cook up like you would a normal grilled cheese.

The Result

My new griddle worked great at getting the sandwiches beautifully browned without burning them.  As far as taste, they were quite yummy as expected.  I think I finally got the balance of apples to cheese about right.

 

Guinea Pig Reviews

--Fab-u-loso

--This is delicious

A couple of the guys that were over weren’t sure what to think but they ended up liking it.  Overall, the sandwiches were a huge hit and all 6 of us enjoyed them.

Would I make this again/recommend it?

Absolutely.  I have already made it a couple other times since I first made it.