Cheese Crisp
I love these served alongside a salad. They are cheesy and crispy and a delicious substitute for bread sticks.
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Ingredients:
| one large, burrito-size (13-inch diameter or larger) flour tortilla | |
| 1 tablespoon | butter |
| 1/2 cup | grated Cheddar cheese |
| 1 or 2 | roasted green chili, peeled, seeded, cut into strips (optional) |
Directions:
1 Preheat your oven to 350°F with a rack in the middle.
2 Butter a flour tortilla all the way to the edges: Place the flour tortilla on a large baking sheet (a dark baking sheet or cookie sheet will work best. Spread the butter all over the top of the tortilla, all the way to the edges. The butter is important for the flavor of a cheese crisp, so don't leave it out!
3 Bake the tortilla until lightly toasted: Bake the plain buttered tortilla for about 6 minutes or until it begins to get lightly toasted. (Check on the timing for your particular oven.)
4 Sprinkle with cheese, add green chile strips, return to oven: Remove the tortilla from the oven and sprinkle with the cheddar cheese, leaving about 1/2-inch from the edges. Add strips of green chiles in a star pattern if you want.
Return the tortilla to the oven and cook for 2-4 more minutes, or until all of the cheese has melted and the tortilla is crispy. Remove from oven and eat!
My mother will use her oven's convection setting when she makes these cheese crisps. For convection, she'll put the buttered tortilla into a cold oven and heat on convection at 375°F for 7 to 10 minutes. Then she'll sprinkle the cheese and return the quesadilla to the oven for a couple more minutes.
Source: simplyrecipes.com
