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To make a perfect grilled cheese sandwich, you'll need three ingredients. First, hearty white bread.

Second, two slices of American cheese. The kind wrapped in plastic is perfect for this sandwich.

And third, one tablespoon of butter, which grills your sandwich to perfection.

Ingredients and equipment lists are at the end of this video.

Spread the softened butter on one side of each slice of bread.

Lay one slice of bread, butter side down, in a non-stick frying pan.

Put two slices of cheese on the bread.

Now cover it with the other slice of bread with the

buttered side up. If you only have a block of cheese, be sure to slice it thin with a knife

or even a vegetable peeler, but a cheese slicer works best. To use a cheese slicer like

this, just scrape it across the top of a block of cheese. Wire slices can be scraped

across the top or used in a downward motion to make perfect slices. Two ounces of cheese. Wire slices can be scraped across the top or used in a downward motion

to make perfect slices. Two ounces cheese is just the right amount of cheese. You may be tempted

to use a lot more, but don't. Too much cheese oozes out as it melts. All that extra

cheese ends up at the bottom of your plate or dripping down your hand as you bite into

your sandwich. Turn the stove on medium heat and place the pan on the stove.

The grilled cheese sandwich needs to cook until it's golden brown on the outside.

This requires peeking occasionally with a spatula.

After about two to three minutes it should be ready to flip.

The second side will take a lot less time to turn golden brown because the pan

is already heated up. Lift the sandwich out of the pan with a spatula and set it on a cutting board.

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