Sheet-Pan Grilled Cheese

A light schmear of mayo rather than butter gives the bread a nice crust with less greasiness. Thank you Gabrielle Hamilton.

Good way to get a simple, easy dinner on the table fast and without fuss, and sometimes that’s what you need. I would make this without parchment next time - the sandwiches toasted better without it.

You only butter the bottom of the bottom slice. If you were making conventionally in a fry pan you'd also butter the top of the top slice so it would brown when flipped. Since you are flipping onto melting cheese you don't need to do this. No butter on the inside of the sandwich.

Do not line your sheet pan with aluminum foil or your cheese will stick and you will lose a lot of the best parts of the recipe. Lesson learned.

Add a nice slice of tomato or two to make it healthier and more interesting

This should really be called "Public School Cafeteria Grilled Cheese, circa 1975". Exactly the same brick of overbaked, super buttery, oozing cheese sandwich that I would beg my mother to let me "buy" that day (usually a Wednesday). I made it for a taste-trip down memory lane and it was right on, stomach ache and all.

This is the way to to do. This may just be my own eccentricity, but I put crumbled potato chips on the outside of the sandwiches.

I can make six to eight grilled cheese sandwiches on my two-burner cast iron griddle. Until I read this article I thought everyone had one! I don’t have an air fryer or an instapot, but I couldn’t get by without my griddle. I second using mayo instead of butter.

I tried the Asiago as the topping cheese today and found that it burned too easily- leaving a somewhat bitter taste to the grilled cheese. I’ll stick with Parmesan in the future.

I volunteer at an after-school program for 9 - 12 year olds & we have served these. So easy, and both kids & adults love them. We do not use parchment and bake 20 in a pan.

Sounds like a great method. I think I’ll add caramelized onions on top of the cheese.

Only the bottom slices of the sandwich are buttered?

I made this with sourdough bread and I added leftover ham. I did not use mayo, but I may try it the next time. Instead of the parchment paper, I put a light coating of olive oil in the pan. Grated cheese works better than waiting for a slice of cheese to melt.

For the love of God, please add some mustard, preferably dijon. +1 to the mayo recommendation. To really take it up a notch, try adding sliced tomato & raw thinly sliced onion.

The parmesan should be grated and--maybe goes without saying, but--higher quality than comes from a shaker-top version. I was tentative on using mayo in place of butter, but sure 'nuff, it works like a charm.