Summer's Best BLT

In 'American Home Cooking' by Cheryl & Bill Jamison

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Basil Mayonnaise

• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄4 cup  minced fresh basil
•  hot pepper sauce, to taste

• Remaining

• 8  large  slice  white bread
•  crisp iceberg lettuce leaf (or leaf lettuce or butter lettuce)
• 12  thick slices bacon, smoky variety, fried crisp
• 8  thick slices large red-ripe beefsteak tomatoes
•  salt

Directions

1. Preheat mayonnaise--mix together mayonnaise ingredients in a bowl.
2. The sandwiches--toast the bread until golden brown.
3. Immediately spread each slice on one side with a full tablespoon of basil mayonnaise.
4. Arrange the lettuce on top of the mayonnaise on 4 bread slices, adding enough to show off a green fringe for each sandwich.
5. Pile on equal portions of bacon and tomatoes for each sandwich, salting the tomatoes lightly, and add the remaining toast slices.
6. Carefully slice each sandwich into halves and serve immediately.