Easy Monte Cristo Sandwiches

By kylaroy7

Ingredients

• 2 cups Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup plus 2 tbsp milk
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 12 slices gluten-free thinly sliced ham
• 12 slices gluten-free thinly slice turkey
• 2/3 cup strawberry fruit spread
• powdered sugar for sprinkling on top

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from pamelasproducts.com

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 375º.

Lightly grease an 8-inch x 8-inch square baking dish. Mix the Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix and the butter with a fork until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, add the milk, and stir with a fork. Put half the mixture in the bottom of your baking pan, then sprinkle on 1 cup mozzarella, 1/2 of the thinly sliced ham, then 1/2 of the thinly sliced turkey. Spread strawberry fruit spread on top spreading to within 1/2 inch of the edge, then layer the last half of the ham, then the last half of the turkey, then sprinkle on 1 cup mozzarella. Spread the rest of the baking mix on top, and bake for 30 minutes. When nicely browned remove from the oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting and serving. Cut into wedges and enjoy.

How this recipe came to be...

My mother took me to the Ayres Tea Room in Indianapolis, IN when I was young and I chose their Monte Cristo Sandwiches. My mother decided to try her own much easier version of the traditional sandwich that I loved so much. I now have a little boy and I wanted him to have my Mother's Easy Monte Cristo Sandwiches, so I converted her recipe. It is now his favorite. The Ayres Tea Room is gone, and so is my mother. Although the Indiana State Museum has tried to replicate the Ayres Tea Room in their building where I now take my little boy. My Easy Monte Cristo Sandwich recipe is now my little boy's favorite, and he loves taking the leftovers in his lunch.

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