Cheese Dreams

A Christmas morning tradition now, I grew up with these as a various-meals concoction.

Originally, they were made with hamburger buns, but Mom switched to English Muffins, and that's much better. I have made them at Pathfinder and Brownie camps, mostly without onion. They're now a tradition with my old Brownie group!

Long experience and fiddling has shown that cutting the toppings into smaller bits means less struggling to cut in half, and to bite. These are to be eaten by hand and served warm. Cut with a large pizza cutter.

Ingredients*

• English muffins, regular or extra crispy, but not whole wheat. Split
• Bacon (streaky), preferably maple smoked
  
• Ripe tomato, sliced moderately, then cut into quarters.
• Process cheese slices, regular thickness
• White onion, sliced moderately and chopped into 1/2 inch bits

*How much of each? People will eat more than they think. So go for at least 2 Cheese Dreams per person.
*Each Cheese Dream takes 1 slice of cheese, 1/2 English muffin, 1 slice of bacon, 1/2 slice tomato, 1/2-1/4 slice onion

Instructions 

Cook bacon until almost done but still soft, then cut into thirds. Place English muffin halves cut side up on wire rack on cookie sheet. Cover each with cheese slice. Top with combination of toppings, but in this order from cheese up:

• tomato
• onion
• bacon

Broil at least 6 inches from broiler 2-3 minutes. Watch them; they'll burn easily.