Melted Ham and Cheese Loaf

• 14 cup butter
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 loaf oval rye bread or 1 loaf Italian bread, unsliced
• 8 slices boiled ham (thin slices)
• 8 slices swiss cheese (thin slices)

1. Melt butter is a small saucepan, and stir in garlic.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
3. Cut bread crosswise into 8 sections (seven cuts), not quite through to bottom crust.
4. With a pastry brush, spread garlic butter on both sides of bread at each cut.
5. Tuck 2 slices each of ham and cheese into every other cut in bread.
6. Wrap loaf in aluminum foil; bake for 40 minutes, or until heated through.
7. Open foil around loaf; turn oven to broil.
8. Broil loaf for 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese bubbles.
9. To serve, slice through unfilled cuts (serve while warm).

butter, garlic, oval rye bread, ham, swiss cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/melted-ham-and-cheese-loaf-324510 (may not work)