French Toast with American Cheese

(by Christie Chapman)

sliced bread (sandwich kind is fine)

1 egg

whole milk

salt

American cheese slices (“singles” in Kraft parlance)

butter or margarine, enough to grease a frying pan

maple syrup

optional: powdered sugar

Into a small bowl (about the size you’d use for cereal), crack an egg.

Swish around with a fork, mostly to break the yolk.

Add a splash of milk and a sprinkling of salt.

Sop the bread slice, back and front, in the egg mixture.

In a frying pan, melt a pat of butter or margarine.

Cook both sides until the bread looks “French toast-y.”

While bread is still warm, drape one slice of American cheese onto each toast.

Let melt.

Top with maple syrup.

Add powdered sugar if it’s a special occasion or you are otherwise feeling fancy.

(Read Hillbilly French Toast, the story that accompanies this recipe.)