Maida Heatter's Onion Sandwiches

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 16 slices pepperidge farm bread
• 1 large vidalia onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• sea salt
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (dont use the low fat or fat free stuff)
• 1/2 bunch parsley, leaves of,finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 take your bread slices and butter each of them on one side, and then put a thin layer of onions over the butter on 8 of the slices.
• 2 sprinkle a small amount of sea salt over the onions just to lightly season them, and then put the sandwiches together by topping with the remaining bread slices.
• 3 using a 1 3/4 inch round cookie cutter, cut out 2 small rounds from each sandwich, making 16 small sandwiches in all (discard trimmings, or use for whatever you wish).
• 4 spread some of the mayonnaise around the outside rim of each sandwich, and then roll the rims in your finely chopped parsley to coat completely.
• 5 serve these immediately, or cover and refrigerate (no more than) a few hours before serving.