Melted Ham and Cheese Loaf

Submitted by hungrykitten

"From an old 17 Magazine."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 loaf oval rye bread or 1 loaf Italian bread, unsliced
• 8 slices boiled ham (thin slices)
• 8 slices swiss cheese (thin slices)

directions

1. Melt butter is a small saucepan, and stir in garlic.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
3. Cut bread crosswise into 8 sections (seven cuts), not quite through to bottom crust. With a pastry brush, spread garlic butter on both sides of bread at each cut. Tuck 2 slices each of ham and cheese into every other cut in bread.
4. Wrap loaf in aluminum foil; bake for 40 minutes, or until heated through. Open foil around loaf; turn oven to broil. Broil loaf for 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese bubbles.
5. To serve, slice through unfilled cuts (serve while warm).