Sage Cheese Mini Melties

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 large fresh sage leaves, washed and dried
• 8 slices white bread (such as pepperidge farm, very thin slices)
• 1 1/2 ounces mozzarella cheese, 2 very thin slices
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 using a maple leaf shaped cookie cutter, cut out 16 leaf pieces from the bread.
• 2 cut 8 leaf shaped pieces out of the cheese slices.
• 3 lightly butter one side of each bread leaf (save some of the butter for later).
• 4 place a cheese leaf shape on top of 8 of the buttered bread slices (buttered side up), top with a sage leaf, then the remaining 8 bread slices (buttered side down), making little leaf shaped sandwiches.
• 5 melt remaining butter in a large skillet over medium heat and saute sandwiches until bread is lightly browned on both sides and cheese has melted,about 4-5 minutes.
• 6 add more butter if needed.
• 7 serve immediately.