Today’s recipe for Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie) uses only 3 ingredients, and is easily made in your air fryer, OR a standard toaster.
A Quick Snack with ONLY Three Ingredients
Today’s recipe for Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie) uses only 3 ingredients, and is easily made in your air fryer, OR a standard toaster.
It’s simply baked beans, Cheddar cheese and sandwich thins – those very thin square bread thins you can buy in nearly all supermarkets.
I took inspiration for today’s recipe from cheesy beans on a baked potato, as well as cheesy beans on toast.
But, having bought a new kitchen toy recently, a CRIMPiT, I wanted to expand my stuffed toastie repetoir!
The CRIMPiT is a great gadget and one that I have used almost daily since purchasing it.
It’s basically a sandwich press, that you place the two sides of the sandwich thins into, and then it seals the edges to form a non-leak parcel.
I bought two, and I’ve used them for small pasties and pies, as well as bread sandwiches. I find it’s often the simple gadgets that work the best.
Here’s how it works:
*Place a slice of thin bread in the base
*Add your favourite ingredients
*Place a slice of thin bread on the top
*Press down with the CRIMPiT lid to crimp your snack
*Take out the crimped parcel and pop your CRIMPiT snack into the toaster, under the grill, in the air fryer or dry fry in a pan
*When ready eat and enjoy
If you cannot source one, then you can still make today’s recipe for a Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie) by simply wetting the edges and crimping with a fork, as if you were making a pie or a pasty with pastry.
I’ve also been experimenting using the sandwich thins with other fillings, to make small hand pies, the recipes of which I will share soon.
Today’s recipe uses just beans and cheese as a filling today, but you can add all sorts of extras such as sliced tomato, sliced onion and maybe a sliced cooked sausage too.
Enjoy these if you make them, I am also experimenting with sweet fillings too, but more about that later. Karen
Notes and Options
Add sliced tomatoes, sliced onions or sliced cooked sausage to the filling.
Add a splash of Worcester sauce or Tabasco for a spicy kick before cooking.
Use cheese slices in place of grated cheese.
If you cannot source one, then you can still make today’s recipe for a Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie) by simply wetting the edges and crimping with a fork, as if you were making a pie or a pasty with pastry.
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Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie)
Today's recipe for Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie) uses only 3 ingredients, and is easily made in your air fryer, OR a standard toaster.
It's simply baked beans, Cheddar cheese and sandwich thins - those very thin square bread thins you can buy in nearly all supermarkets.
I took inspiration for today's recipe from cheesy beans on a baked potato, as well as cheesy beans on toast.
But, having bought a new kitchen toy recently, a CRIMPiT, I wanted to expand my stuffed toastie repetoir!
The CRIMPiT is a great gadget and one that I have used almost daily since purchasing it; it's basically a press, that you place the two sides of the sandwich thins into, and then it seals the edges to form a non-leak parcel.
I bought two, and I've used them for small pasties and pies, as well as bread sandwiches. I find it's often the simple gadgets that work the best.
Here's how it works:
*Place a slice of thin bread in the base
*Add your favourite ingredients
*Place a slice of thin bread on the top
*Press down with the CRIMPiT lid to crimp your snack
*Take out the crimped parcel and pop your CRIMPiT snack into the toaster, under the grill, in the air fryer or dry fry in a pan
*When ready eat and enjoy
If you cannot source one, then you can still make today's recipe for a Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie) by simply wetting the edges and crimping with a fork, as if you were making a pie or a pasty with pastry.
I've also been experimenting using the sandwich thins with other fillings, to make small hand pies, the recipes of which I will share soon.
I've just used beans and cheese as a filling today, but you can add all sorts of extras such as sliced tomato, sliced onion and maybe a sliced cooked sausage too.
I hope you enjoy these if you make them, I am also experimenting with sweet fillings too, more about that later.
Ingredients
- 4 sandwich thins, or crustless thin sliced bread
- 1/2 tin (415g) baked beans
- 60g grated Cheddar cheese, or a good melting cheese of your choice
Instructions
1. Place one half of sandwich thin or a slice of thin bread in the base of the CRIMPiT press.
2. Spoon the beans into the middle, leaving a border for the crimped crust around all the sides.
3. Add the grated cheese on top of the beans.
4. Place the other half of the sandwich thin or a slice of thin bread on the top.
5. Press down with the CRIMPiT lid to crimp and seal the edges of your Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie)
6. Take out the crimped bake and place it in an air fryer basket, cooking it for 5 minutes on the air fry setting; or, place into a toaster and toast for 3 to 4 minutes until the cheese has melted.
7. Can also be cooked under the grill or in a frying pan that has had a little spray oil added.
Notes
Add sliced tomatoes, sliced onions or sliced cooked sausage to the filling.
Add a splash of Worcester sauce or Tabasco for a spicy kick before cooking.
Use cheese slices in place of grated cheese.
If you cannot source one, then you can still make today's recipe for a Cheesy Bean Bake (Toastie) by simply wetting the edges and crimping with a fork, as if you were making a pie or a pasty with pastry.
Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 241Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 22mgSodium 447mgCarbohydrates 31gFiber 7gSugar 5gProtein 13g
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