Joy the Baker's Breakfast Grilled Cheese Recipe

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This recipe is from the new “Homemade Decadence: Irresistibly Sweet, Salty, Gooey, Sticky, Fluffy, Creamy, Crunchy Treats" by Joy Wilson, the popular self-taught baker, author, photographer, and doughnut enthusiast behind the Joy the Baker website. 

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Photo: Joy Wilson

Breakfast Grilled Cheese with Ham and Cherry Jam
Serves 4

Grilled cheese sandwiches are an any day, any time sandwich. They taste particularly good between the hours of midnight and 2 a.m., and 9 a.m. and noon. This sandwich is a play on sweet and salty, as it involves mixing cherry jam with thinly sliced ham. I think of Brie as butter’s cheesy cousin. Butter makes everything better, so Brie can’t be that far from awesome! This cheese adds a richness that helps this breakfast sandwich feel utterly inspired. 

8 thick slices brioche bread
2 to 4 tablespoons whole grain mustard
12 thin slices Black Forest ham
¼ cup cherry jam
4 to 8 ounces Brie, cut into 4 wedges
Butter, for the pan

1.  Put the slices of bread on a work surface. Smear 1 side of 4 of the pieces with the mustard and top with 3 slices of the ham each. Spread the remaining 4 slices of bread liberally with the cherry jam and top each with a wedge of Brie (rind and all). Sandwich the bread slices together.

2.  Melt about 1 tablespoon of butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. Put 2 sandwiches in the heated skillet and cook, flipping once, until both sides of the sandwiches are golden brown and the Brie is melted, about 6 minutes total. Repeat with the remaining 2 sandwiches. Cut in half and serve promptly.

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Classic Birthday Cake Recipe
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