Mushroom Toast Cups

Ingredients

• 1/2(1 pound) loavessliced white bread
• tablespoon sbutter
• 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, finely diced
• 1/2 cup onion, finely diced
• tablespoon schopped fresh parsley
• tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Use a small cookie cutter to cut rounds out of bread. Press rounds into ungreased mini muffin tins.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 8 or 9 minutes; watch them closely as they bake fast. Turn out bread cups to cool.
4. Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir mushrooms and onion in hot butter until soft, about 8 minutes. Season with parsley, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper. Pour in half and half, then gradually stir in flour until mixture is thickened.
5. Fill bread cups with mushroom mixture and top each with a sprinkle of Parmesan. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, 10 to 12 minutes.