HANDY
DANDY SANDWICH BARS
Pack
these fun and tasty lunchtime treats in your brown bags
for a change of pace from boring sandwiches.
A cross between a sandwich and a calzone, these handheld
sandwich bars are great hot from the oven, cold, room
temperature or reheated in the microwave or toaster oven.
They are super easy to make in bulk and they freeze well.
Best of all, there is an almost unlimited number of
variations (including breakfast bars).
CHEESESTEAK
SANDWICH BARS
7 frozen sandwich steaks (like Steak-Umms)
1 small onion, chopped
4 oz can mushrooms stems and pieces, drained
2 tubes refrigerated pizza crust
1 tablespoon Italian salad dressing
1/4 pound provolone cheese slices
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place a skillet over medium-high heat. Break the steaks
into strips and add to the skillet. Cook, chopping with a
spatula. As the steak is browning, add the chopped
onions, continuing to chop and stir with the spatula
until the onions are tender. Add the drained mushrooms
and stir. Drain off the excess fat.
On a greased rimmed cookie sheet, unroll one of the pizza
crusts and roll it to a 12" x 10" rectangle.
Brush with the Italian dressing. Spread the cooked steak
mixture evenly over the dough, leaving a 1/2" border
of bare dough around the edges. Place the provolone
cheese slices evenly over the filling.
On a sheet of wax paper, foil, or a pastry cloth, unroll
the second pizza crust and roll into a 12" x
10" rectangle. Flip over onto the filling and remove
the wax paper. Press the edges all around to seal.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the dough is cooked and
golden. Allow to rest for 5 minutes, then use 2 spatulas
to remove it from the cookie sheet and place on a rack to
cool.
When cool, cover and refrigerate until firm. Cut into 10
bars. Wrap each individually and refrigerate or freeze
until ready to serve.
These may be eaten warm, cold or room temperature.
Yield: 10 sandwich bars.
VARIATIONS:
Pizza Bars: Use pizza sauce
(not too much), chopped vegetables (mushrooms, onions,
green peppers, etc.), slivers of pepperoni and/or cooked
crumbled sausage, mozzarella cheese.
Ham & Swiss Bars:
Mustard, ground ham, swiss cheese.
Taco Bars: salsa, ground
beef cooked with taco seasoning, chopped onions, diced
tomatoes, shredded jack or cheddar cheese.
Chicken & Broccoli Bars:
Cream cheese, cooked diced chicken, cooked chopped
broccoli, cheddar cheese.
Greek Bars: chopped spinach
sauteed with chopped onion and mixed with ricotta cheese
and feta cheese and seasoned with dill.
Tuna Bars: Tuna salad made
with cottage cheese and chopped onions, cheddar cheese.
Tuscany Bars: pesto sauce,
prosciutto, roasted red peppers, provolone.
Breakfast Bars: Scrambled
eggs, cooked crumbled breakfast sausage or ground ham,
your favorite omelette ingredients, your favorite cheese.
The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!
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