Cheese Frenchee

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 8 slices bread
• mayonnaise
• mustard (optional)
• 4 slices american cheese (thin slices)
• 4 slices swiss cheese (thin slices) or 4 slices monterey jack cheese (thin slices)
• oil (for deep frying) or vegetable shortening (for deep frying)
• 1 (7 ounce) box corn flakes, finely crushed
• ketchup (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large shallow bowl, stir together the flour and salt.
• 2 mix together the egg and milk in a glass measuring cup.
• 3 gradually add the egg/milk mixture to the flour mixture, whisking until the batter is smooth; set aside.
• 4 spread 4 slices of bread lightly with mayonnaise and mustard, if desired.
• 5 top each piece of bread with a slice of american cheese and a slice of swiss or monterey jack cheese.
• 6 cover each with a second slice and bread and lightly press the sandwiches together.
• 7 in a deep 12-inch fry pan (dad uses a deep electric fry pan), heat oil or shortening of 1 inch deep to 350°f.
• 8 put the crushed cornflakes in a pie plate.
• 9 dip a sandwich in the batter to lightly, but completely cover, the dip sandwich in the cornflake crumbs; repeat with another sandwich.
• 10 carefully add both sandwiches to the hot oil; fry until golden on one side; carefully turn and fry until golden on the other side.
• 11 remove sandwiches to a paper towel lined plate; dip, coat, and fry the remaining two sandwiches.
• 12 cut sandwiches into quarters and eat dipped in ketchup if desired.