Western Burgers

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons dry yeast
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons shortening (melted)
• 4 cups flour
• 1 lb hamburger meat
• salt and pepper
• 1 onion, chopped (or less for taste)
• 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
• 2 tablespoons salad dressing (miracle whip)
• 1/4 lb cheese, grated (american)

Recipe

• 1 dough:.
• 2 prepare dough by combining water, yeast, sugar, and salt. let stand a few minutes.
• 3 add shortening and half of flour, blending well.
• 4 knead in the rest of the flour until you have a firm dough.
• 5 place in a covered, greased bowl and let rise while you prepare filling.
• 6 filling:.
• 7 brown hamburger meat with chopped onions. drain fat.
• 8 add mustard, mayonnaise, cheese, salt and pepper; mix well.
• 9 set aside to cool.
• 10 prepare burgers:.
• 11 roll out dough and cut rounds using a coffee can.
• 12 place 2 or 3 tbs meat mixture on top.
• 13 fold dough over and seal edges. you can stretch dough around meat to seal (dough does not break as pie dough does).
• 14 place on lightly greased cookie sheet and let rise 30 minutes or so. (cover with a dish towel to keep crust from drying out.).
• 15 bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned (less brown if you plan to freeze and bake later).