Applelicious Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 5 oz arugula washed
• 4.4 oz cheese crumbles blue
• 16 oz bread thin
• 2 tablespoons butter 
• 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 2  gala apples 
• 1 tablespoon honey 
• 20 servings pepper freshly ground to taste
• 1 cup walnuts chopped

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. Thinly slice apples.
2. Heat chopped walnuts in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring often, 3 to 5 minutes or until toasted and fragrant.
3. Combine cream cheese, blue cheese crumbles, honey, and toasted walnuts until blended.
4. Add freshly ground pepper to taste.
5. Spread 1 side of each of 28 thin bread slices with 1 Tbsp. cream cheese mixture. Divide 1/2 of the arugula among 14 bread slices. Top with apple slices and remaining 14 bread slices, cream cheese mixture sides down. Melt 1 Tbsp. butter on a griddle over medium heat. Cook 7 sandwiches 3 to 4 minutes on each side until golden and cheese is melted. Repeat procedure with 1 Tbsp. butter and remaining sandwiches.
6. Tip: If you don't have a griddle, omit butter, and cook sandwiches, in batches, in a lightly greased large nonstick skillet 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until golden and cheese is melted.
7. *For testing purposes only, we used Pepperidge Farm Very Thin White Bread.