Asparagus-Bacon Roll-Ups - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 slices white sandwich bread
1 container whipped cream cheese
12 fresh asparagus spears or canned asparagus spears
crumbled bacon bits
melted butter
Parmesan cheese

Preparation

Cook the asparagus spears; drain and cool.
Use a rolling pin to flatten out the bread.
Cut off the crusts after you have rolled over the bread.
This given an uptown finish to the roll-ups. Spread the cream cheese over the bread slices, sprinkle bacon bits over this, add the asparagus spear and roll as for a jellyroll. Cut each slice in half, place on cookie sheet, brush each roll with butter and sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top.
Bake in hot oven (400\u00b0) until the Parmesan has a golden glow (about 5 to 8 minutes), but watch closely so the rolls don't burn.
You could also broil 6 inches from broiler until lightly toasted.
Yields 24 appetizers.