Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches from Katharine Kunst

For each sandwich, you will need:

2 slices of bread, toasted

Mayonnaise

2 slices of nicely cooked bacon, cut in half

2-3 ½-inch slices of luscious tomatoes

Salt and pepper

Lettuce, if desired

1. Spread both pieces of toasted bread with mayonnaise.

2. On one of the pieces of bread, layer the cooked bacon and the tomatoes.

3. Sprinkle the tomatoes with salt and pepper.

4. Top the tomatoes with lettuce if desired and the second piece of bread. Cut in half straight or on the diagonal, according to your preference.

1 sandwich

Adapted from the New Era Cottage Cookbook, to be published before too long