• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Closet Cooking

Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. - I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.

  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
    • Top Recipes
    • 30 Minute Meals
    • 6 Ingredient Meals
    • Slow Cooker Meals
    • One Pan Meals
    • By Course
      • Main Course
      • Side Dish
      • Dessert
      • Appetizer/Snack
      • More
    • By Diet
      • Gluten-free
      • Low-carb
      • Vegetarian
      • More
    • By Meat
      • Beef
      • Chicken
      • Lamb
      • Egg
      • Pork
      • Seafood
      • Turkey
      • More
    • By Cuisine
      • Cajun and Creole
      • Chinese
      • Greek
      • Italian
      • Japanese
      • Korean
      • Mexican
      • Thai
      • Vietnamese
      • More
    • By Type
      • Burger
      • Cake
      • Cookie
      • Dip
      • Pasta
      • Pizza
      • Salad
      • Sandwich
      • Soup
      • More
    • By Ingredient
      • Avocado
      • Bacon
      • Cauliflower
      • Mushroom
      • Pumpkin
      • Quinoa
      • Shrimp
      • Strawberry
      • More
  • Cookbooks
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
Never miss a recipe! Subscribe to the email Newsletter!

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Grilled Cheese Sandwich

[heart_this] · Mar 31, 2011 · 34 Comments

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Sweet and savoury combine to create something magical in this apple and cheddar grilled cheese sandwich in a cinnamon swirl bread that reminds me of apple pie with cheddar cheese.

Although I was really enjoying slices of the cinnamon swirl bread done up like cinnamon buns with cream cheese frosting for breakfasts this week, I could not help but think about using some of the bread for something else. Naturally I thought about using it to make a sandwich and of course the first sandwich that came to mind was one of my favourite types of sandwiches, the grilled cheese sandwich. While I was thinking about how to do a grilled cheese sandwich with bread with a sweet swirl of cinnamon in it I kept thinking about apple pie for some reason. Apple and cheddar are a great flavour combination that I use rather frequently and I figured that a cinnamon swirl grilled cheese sandwich would be just about perfect!
I could have gone two ways with this apple and cinnamon grilled cheese sandwich, I could have gone with straight apple slices or I could have caramelized them first and this time I decided to go with just the slices of apples so that I would be able to enjoy their fresh, juicy crispness. The apple cinnamon swirl grilled cheese sandwich turned out really well! The apple and cheddar combination was once again a winner and the crisp, buttery bread with hints of sweet cinnamon worked really well with it! Now I am torn between cinnamon swirl bread ‘buns’ and grilled cheese sandwiches for the rest of the loaf!

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Servings: 1

Sweet and savoury combine to create something magical in this apple and cheddar grilled cheese sandwich in a cinnamon swirl bread that reminds me of apple pie with cheddar cheese.

ingredients
  • 2 slices cinnamon swirl bread
  • 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
  • 2 slices cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 apple, cored and thinly sliced
directions
  1. Assemble the sandwich and grill at just below medium heat until the bread is golden brown and the cheese has melted, about 2-4 minutes per side.
Similar Recipes:
Caramelized Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Apple and Cheddar Quiche
Apple and Cheddar Tart
Caramelized Apple and Cheddar Omelette with Bacon and Candied Walnuts
Cinnamon Swirl French Toast
Caramel Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwich (with Bacon)

The 10 Best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Food, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Recipe, Sandwich, Vegetarian

eCookbook Bundle Cover

Get ALL 12 Closet Cooking eCookbooks in a bundle for 70% off! Enjoy some of the tastiest recipes from Closet Cooking along with exclusive cookbook recipes!

Get the Cookbook Bundle Now!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Caitlin says

    April 1, 2011 at 12:05 am

    French toast! French toast with sauteed apples and cinnamon maple syrup! Yum!

    Reply
  2. Kathy says

    April 1, 2011 at 12:15 am

    Are you kidding me with this?! I want this delightful looking sandwich right now! Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply
  3. ~Bee says

    April 1, 2011 at 12:57 am

    Great blog, glad I stumbled upon it 🙂

    I love apples and cinnimon, I love green apples and cheddar… but for some reason I'm not sure I could handle this sandwich. Maybe I'm wrong though, the pictures are pretty!

    Reply
  4. Tiffany says

    April 1, 2011 at 1:04 am

    I love all these flavors, I bet they would be delicious all together, great job!

    Reply
  5. Jennifer and Jaclyn @ sketch-free vegan says

    April 1, 2011 at 1:13 am

    nice! THis is the most awesome sandwich

    Reply
  6. Stephanie says

    April 1, 2011 at 2:18 am

    My favorite is cheddar, green apple slices, and bacon on whole wheat bread. I'll have to incorporate the cinnamon bread sometime!
    It looks fantastic!

    Reply
  7. 愛 - ちゃん says

    April 1, 2011 at 4:37 am

    Oh my! It looks very appetizing and simple too. Great combination!

    Reply
  8. Cakebrain says

    April 1, 2011 at 4:41 am

    Salty and sweet all grilled together! That sounds spectacular!

    Reply
  9. Claudie says

    April 1, 2011 at 5:10 am

    I have no idea how you get those recipe ideas… but, wow! They are _really_ good.

    Reply
  10. peachkins says

    April 1, 2011 at 5:46 am

    cheese and apple! a perfect combination

    Reply
  11. Mika says

    April 1, 2011 at 6:04 am

    This is an unsual combination, isn't it? that's why I love it…

    Reply
  12. Anonymous says

    April 1, 2011 at 9:45 am

    I'd make the bread recipe just for this sandwich! Yum!

    Reply
  13. Joanne says

    April 1, 2011 at 10:20 am

    YOu definitely chose the PERFECT combination for this bread! Also…maybe some brie and fig spread would be good too?

    Reply
  14. Nabeela says

    April 1, 2011 at 10:26 am

    absolutely yummy 🙂
    thanks for sharing
    http://www.matbakhun.com/

    Reply
  15. Anonymous says

    April 1, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    This looks insanely good. I may have to make a second attempt at bread baking just so I can make this sandwich!

    Reply
  16. [email protected] says

    April 1, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Delicious! I love apples and grilled cheese, but I never thought it use cinnamon swirl bread with it. It looks wonderful.

    Reply
  17. Lauren @ Healthy Food For Living says

    April 1, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    I should not have read this post before lunch… suddenly my yogurt and fruit isn't looking so great next to this amazing sandwich!

    Reply
  18. We Are Not Martha says

    April 1, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    Best flavor combination EVER!!! And so appropriate as today is the first day of National Grilled Cheese Month!! 🙂

    Sues

    Reply
  19. Lisa says

    April 1, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    Divine and your photos just keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work Kevin.

    Reply
  20. Tintsu says

    April 1, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    Perfect! : )

    Reply
  21. [email protected]'s Meats says

    April 1, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    What a great idea. I love the taste of apples and cheese together.

    Reply
  22. Suzy says

    April 2, 2011 at 4:28 am

    I can just imagine the taste of this and I'm craving it. Pure genius 🙂

    Reply
  23. Chiara "Kika" Assi says

    April 2, 2011 at 9:16 am

    That might be the best looking sandwich ever!!! I bet it also tastes great… yum!

    Reply
  24. Keurig Mini says

    April 2, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    My family love grilled cheese sandwiches, and I always have too many apples on my apple tree in my gorchard, so this will come in handy as how to solve 2 problems at the same time!

    Thanks,

    Penny

    Coffee Makers

    Reply
  25. Anonymous says

    April 2, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    This is so great, glad to have stumbled on your blog. now itching to make cinnamon bread and rather tempted to add pork to it for lunch.

    Reply
  26. Ann says

    April 3, 2011 at 4:54 am

    Little story. My parents live on grilled cheese. One night as a poor newlywed my husband and I headed to their house to bum some dinner. We knew that the least we would get was grilled cheese and we laughed about it on the way. When we got there they were making grilled cheese! But they were trying a recipe from the newspaper, it had apple slices, cheese, and vanilla ice cream with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Yummy!

    Reply
  27. Anonymous says

    April 3, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    I love grilled cheese sandwiches, and yours looks so fantastic!

    Reply
  28. Healthy and Homemade says

    April 3, 2011 at 6:21 pm

    Awesome! Apples and cheese are a great combo, the cinnamon swirl bread must send this sandwich over the top!

    Reply
  29. Cookin' Canuck says

    April 4, 2011 at 3:35 am

    Sweet, savory, with a little tartness – now that's the way to do a grilled cheese sandwich.

    Reply
  30. Meaghan Luby says

    April 4, 2011 at 6:11 am

    this looks seriously great! thanks for sharing, lots of love happening for this and all your posts 🙂
    -meg
    @ http://clutzycooking.blogspot.com

    Reply
  31. Kelsey says

    April 13, 2011 at 1:30 am

    I never would have thought to combine these but it looks delicious.

    Reply
  32. define1lady says

    May 11, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Wow… this looks really deli

    Reply
  33. Anonymous says

    October 9, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    i'd never have thought to combine cheese with apples….. 😛

    Reply
  34. Anna P says

    September 29, 2016 at 11:50 am

    I was curious about some more savory recipes to use the cinnamon bread that's taking up real estate in my freezer, and this is one of the first ones I found. I'll be trying it this weekend for sure!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to the free Closet Cooking email newsletter and get a FREE copy of the eBook:
The Best of Closet Cooking!

About Me

I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.
Read More

The Best of Closet Cooking 2022 – FREE eCookbook

The Best of Closet Cooking 2020 Book Cover

eCookbook Bundle

eCookbook Bundle

Top Recipes

Chicken and Avocado Burritos
Ham and Potato Corn Chowder
Mexican Street Corn Nachos
Balsamic Garlic Grilled Mushroom Skewers
Baked Firecracker Chicken
Caprese Balsamic Grilled Chicken
Balsamic Soy Roasted Garlic Mushrooms
Cheesy Beef Enchilada Tortellini Skillet
Parmesan Roasted Carrot Fries
Asiago Roasted Onions
About | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy
Copyright © 2007-2022, Closet Cooking Ltd. All Rights Reserved.