Apple Week: Apple Bacon Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Sriracha Butter

Apple Week continues!! Today I am putting the lovely little apple in my very favorite kind of food.

My favorite food of all time is a sandwich.

I love sandwiches. When eating out, I am pretty sure I could always eat anywhere that serves sandwiches.

When I am pregnant, which I am NOT currently...just thought I should clarify that, I don't eat lunch meat. It kind of breaks my little hungry heart to give it up. I mean seriously, when I am at my hungriest, literally growing another human, I can't eat my very favorite food.

Oh well, their cute and squishy little faces are worth the sacrifice, right? Right!

You can guarantee though, the day I have that wee little squishy baby and we are all cozied into our room, Hubby has been sent out for a sandwich. Which I quickly inhale shortly after he hands it to me...I mean I did just have a baby and all.

So knowing that I love myself a good sandwich, and figuring that I have probably tried my fair share of sandwiches, you can feel secure my opinion of the awesomeness of this sandwich.

Because it is AWESOME.

I mean let's break it down people...

This sandwich has--

cheese
bacon
apples
white bread
butter...special butter at that

Did you see those sandwich all stars?!?

There really isn't one main star...although if you follow me on Instagram (@larissa_anotherday) you know how I feel about bacon.

There is however, a best supporting character. It would be this homemade sriracha butter. The slight heat that comes from this butter perfectly compliments the apple and the bacon. This butter is the secret weapon of this sandwich.

I use thick slices of homemade white bread. I know white bread is a little out of fashion, but trust me a good grilled  cheese sandwich really demands it.
 

Start with the bread.
Add a good slathering of the sriracha butter.
Next layer a slice of Muenster cheese.
Layer apples next.
Then add on a slice of American.
The bacon comes next.
Then finish with another slice of Muenster.
Last, top it of with the last slice of bread.

Grill it.
Slice it.
Smell it.
Eat it.
Love it.
Marry it...uh strike that...I am already married.

Oh Apple Bacon Grilled Cheese Sandwich, how I love thee.

The weather is getting chillier. Perfect time to make yourself a grilled cheese sandwich.

Get your sandwich on!

Apple Bacon Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Sriracha Butter

Sriracha Butter (recipe from Martha Stewart):
1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
2 anchovy filets, minced
2 Tablespoons sriracha hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

sandwich:
white bread
bacon
golden delicious or granny smith apples
Muenster cheese slices
American cheese slices
sriracha butter
butter for grilling

In a small bowl, make the butter, by mixing and mashing all the ingredients with a fork. I know you might be scared of the anchovies, but you can do it. Just DON'T skip the step just cause you are afraid. Once all the ingredients are well incorporated, set aside and make the sandwich.

Make the sandwich by starting with a slice of bread. Slather some of the sriracha butter on the bread. Then layer the sandwich with the Muenster cheese, apples, American cheese, bacon, Muenster cheese, and another piece of white bread.

Warm up a griddle. Melt several tablespoons of butter on the top of the griddle. Place the constructed sandwich on top of the melted butter on the griddle. Cook on the first side until it is golden brown. Then flip and cook on the second side until golden brown and the cheese is melted.

Slice in half and serve.

Apple Week continues tomorrow!!

See ya then!

Bacon Wrapped Mozzarella Biscuit Bites

Keepin' it real moment people.

I haven't hardly eaten anything that can't be found on the BRAT diet in about 24 hrs. Feeling rotten. However, I am really trying to get back to regularly posting, so I am busting out a post while wrapped up in a quilt sitting on my couch.

Another keepin' it real moment...

...even though I am unable to eat anything, and my appetite is almost non-existent...

I still wish I had a plate of these. (I made these a few weeks past, just takes me forever to post anything nowadays.)

I mean honestly, bacon makes everything better.

Who needs modern medicine?

Nah, bacon will do it for me.

Bacon wrapped around a fried dough ball all nestled around a chunk of mozzerella cheese, well that will cure what ails ya...right?!?
 

Okay, perhaps it won't cure or solve everything. I mean these probably won't help you on the quest for a smaller jean size.

However, it will probably make you happy in the jeans you are wearing because you will be blissfully unaware of any evil or sorrow around you.

Yep, they are that good.

I will recommend that you make them for a group. College football season is upon us and this would make one happy sports-watching crowd. If you just make them for a Friday afternoon hanging out with the Hubby, well, you will be sorely tempted to eat them all yourselves. That, while delightful sounding, probably isn't the wisest thing.

However, I will leave that up to you. Who am I to judge?

Bacon Wrapped Mozzarella Biscuit Bites
makes 24

1 pkg refrigerated flaky biscuits
24 1" cubes of mozzarella cheese
12 strips of bacon
oil, for frying

Heat several inches of oil in a deep pan.

Cut the biscuits into fourths.

Cut each strip of bacon in half.

Take one piece of the cut up biscuit and flatten out. Place a piece of cheese in the center of the biscuit. Wrap the biscuit around the cheese, making sure there are no gaps. Wrap a half strip of the bacon around the outside of the biscuit and secure with a toothpick.

Repeat until you have all of the bites wrapped in bacon.

Then fry 4-5 at a time in oil at about 350 degrees. Let them fry for about 1-2 minutes. Allowing them to get golden brown and also cooked through. You might want to do a test batch with one or two to see how long your biscuit will take to cook just the right amount.

Let them drain on paper towels. Repeat until all the Bites are done.

Serve warm.

Enjoy.

Thanks for reading!