Baked salami

MAKES 16 SERVINGS

1 (2-pound) salami
1 cup brown sugar
1 (15-ounce) bottle barbecue sauce
Cocktail rye, crackers

Remove wrapping from salami. Score entire salami, crosswise, into 1/4-inch slices, taking care not to cut all the way through. Place salami in a pan and bake uncovered, in a preheated 350-degree oven for one hour. Drain fat.

In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar and barbecue sauce. Pour over drained salami and return to the oven. Bake for an additional hour, basting with pan juices every 15 minutes. To serve, remove from oven and place warm salami on a cutting board along with a serrated knife and let guests cut through the slices. Serve with cocktail rye bread and/or crackers.

Lynn Frost, Fontana, Wis.

Nutrition facts per serving: 264 calories, 19 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 53 mg cholesterol, 12 g carbohydrates, 13 g protein, 1,291 mg sodium, 0 g fiber