Grilled Cheese Dippers with Tomato Soup

Original Pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/229894755948137345/

For Kelly's and Alyssa's birthday celebration I decided to make a snack that I discovered on Pinterest one day - Grilled Cheese Dippers! Seems easy enough right? Uhh the execution was ROUGH and aesthetically they didn't look like the pin above, BUT all the taste was there I promise. 


What you'll need: 

Bread - I used white, but wheat is fine too

Tomato soup! (To Dip In)

Buttah! Any kind. 

AND CHEESE! I used American cheese slices. I forgot to take a picture of the cheese again, whoops!

Directions for the Tomato Soup:

1. It's pretty simple. Open the cans, dump into a pot, and boil. I added basil and oregano for flavor, and it came out GREAT. Also, try not to add any water, I only added a tad bit. The thicker the soup the more delicious it is for dipping!

Directions for the Grilled Cheese dippers:

1. Cut the crusts off the slices of bread. DON'T WASTE THEM! I put them in a ziploc bag and am saving them for croutons or bread pudding (in a future blogpost). Using a rolling pin, lightly flaten the bread pieces. 

2.  On your newly sliced and flatened bread squares, add a slice of American cheese on top and roll. 

  

3. Add some butter into the pan and carefully place the rolls in - with the open seam down first. If you don't cook the seam down first you're going to make a mess, you need to seal that FIRST. Don't try to put too many in at once, I found out real quick how messy that got with all the cheese dripping everywhere. 

In the original pin they look all nice and neatly rolled. IT'S A LIE! I don't know how they did it, but I certainly did not have as much luck. Yes, I slightly burned some but honestly I like things burnt. As I continued doing it though I got better at not burning them and not letting the cheese get EVERYWHERE. It's all about practice y'all. 

Like my mom always says: "It's not burnt, it's just CRISPY"

 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as necessary. I bought very small plastic cups that I poured the tomato soup into and then dipped the grilled cheese into. If you're classy and fabulous like me, I'd recommend the small cups. 


5. ENJOY!

The perfect party dish!