Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. In a small mixing bowl, combine mayo, sour cream, seeds & pepper; stir in kraut; set aside.
  3. On a foil-lined baking sheet, place six slices bread--first brush each with melted butter (save some for the other half of the sammie); top with a slice of cheese, then 1/6th of the kraut mixture,then a slice of ham and two slices of cheese--do this on all six slices of bread.
  4. Brush remaining six slices of bread with melted butter; place on cheese--with butter side up, to make six sandwiches.
  5. Bake for 10 minutes (cheese is melted, bread is lightly browned)--turn once during that time.
  6. Remove from oven; slice diagonally, serve with pickles.
  7. SEPTEMBER HARVEST: Remember Johnny Appleseed by placing a few thin slices of apple between the ham and cheese.
  8. NEBRASKA REUBEN: Salute Omaha's claim to fame and use thinly sliced corned beef instead of the ham.
  9. CRUNCHY BITES: Add a few sunflower kernels to the sauerkraut mixture and honor those hardy souls in North Dakota who raise huge fields of sunflowers!
  10. BOOST YOUR PROTEIN: Stir about a 1/4-cup of cooked edible soybeans (edamame) into the sauerkraut mixture and thank a South Dakota farmer!