Quick & Easy French Onion Soup

I received french onion soup bowls for Christmas from my aunt and cousins and obviously had to make french onion soup as soon as possible!  I have been making this recipe for a while now, but almost never bother to go the extra step and top it with bread and cheese and bake it.  However, it is so delicious when you do that, and really turns the soup into a hearty meal.  The recipe is very easy and tastes so good!  It is adapted from allrecipes.com.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 onions, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 2 1/2 cups beef broth
• 1 French baguette
• Shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in sugar. Cook onions over medium heat for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
2. Add water, wine, and beef broth; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low. Cover soup, and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Cut four 1 inch thick slices of bread from the loaf. Toast the bread slices at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) just until browned, about 10 minutes.
4. Ladle soup into four 12 ounce, oven-safe bowls. Place 1 slice toasted bread on top of the soup in each bowl. Top with cheese.
5. Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or just until cheese is melted.