Brown Butter Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Heat a large skillet on medium heat.

It’s best to use a stainless steel skillet instead of a black bottom skillet.

If your skillet is large enough to lay out 4 slices of bread, add half of the butter to the skillet. If your skillet is just large enough for 2 slices of bread at a time, use about a quarter of the butter (a little less than a tablespoon).

Let the butter melt. Watching it closely, stir the butter around a bit until it starts to turn a golden color.

As soon as it turns a golden color lay each piece of bread in the skillet.

Move the slices around just a bit to absorb all of the butter in the pan.

Let it cook until the bottom sides of the bread have a nice toasty look to them.

Once the bottom sides of the bread are toasted, remove them from the pan for just a second and put them on a plate.

Add the remaining butter if your skillet is large enough for 4 slices of bread. If you’re cooking two at a time, add about another tablespoon of butter to the pan.

Next, put the slices of bread back into the pan with the toasted sides up.

Then, add the cheese to each toasted side of the bread.

Add the onion rings on top of the cheese (optional).

When the bottom side of the slices of bread has a nice toast to it, make a sandwich out of two of the slices of bread and cheese. Repeat with the other two slices of bread, making a second sandwich.

Cover the pan with a lid and turn the heat off while the cheese melts.

Serve warm when the cheese is completely melted.