Bacon Cheeseburger Buns Recipe

Reviewed on Apr. 23, 2013 by Bruce's wife

I made these for a group but made them smaller than this recipe suggested. They were a hit. I did not have Velveta, so I used processed American cheese.

Reviewed on Apr. 23, 2013 by KJBest64097

To save time, I used crescent rolls - 3 tubes (8 rolls in ea tube). I didn't have Velveeta on-hand but did have Cheez Whiz (15 oz jar). We LOVED these! The kids thought they were fun. Definitely making these again and again. I didn't dice the bacon before I fried it. I fried the slices, and after they cooled I crumbled them (but not too small) - again, saved some time. And I added some ground cumin for a little extra flavor to the ground beef, and didn't brush them w/butter.

Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2013 by CStargardt08

I discovered these almost two years ago, in your magazine and was thrilled to see them as recipe of the day!! I have made them many times over the years, even replaced for hamburgers at our children's birthday parties. I make them a day or two in advance and heat in oven with a bowl of water and they stay moist. If we won't be able to eat the whole batch (which isn't often!) I place them, unbaked on cookie sheets and freeze - I pull them straight from the freezer and into the oven for a great weeknight meal. I've made many variations, but my favorite is to use deer burger meat and add some Worcestershire sauce.

Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2013 by DN27

This was a fun recipe to make and eat! I loved the dough and did my family, what a gem :) Thanks for sharing

Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2013 by red110753

This recipe is GREAT!! I used premade pizza dough. My whole family loved it. So so simple. I will make this again and again.

Reviewed on Apr. 17, 2013 by tommynbarbie

why couldn't you use crescent rolls to wrap. Just saying if you have trouble with making dough. It would also speed up the process

Reviewed on Apr. 16, 2013 by babs14075

There are a lot of good ready made roll doughs out there that can save time for us busy cooks.I love these recipes but can they be made a little healthier and easier to prepare?

Reviewed on Apr. 16, 2013 by dihiggins

I love this recipe. Fun for a crowd! Delicious!

Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2013 by nickymp

This is delicious. We picked a random recipe for dinner and are sooo glad it was this one.

Reviewed on Nov. 09, 2012 by Bakerwantabe

Great but used real cheddar big hit :)

Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2012 by AnnitaKP

Love this recipe. The first time I made it the store was out of regular Velveeta so I used the Mexican variety. This is how we like it best--spices it up just a bit.

Reviewed on Jan. 29, 2012 by JSmith1983

My mother, and I tried this recipe last night for dinner. We did make a few changes to the recipe by using wanton wrappers instead of making the dough. I do have to say that it was very delicious, and also very rich. With the amount of velveta cheese, and bacon called for in this recipe yielded about 12 buns since we used large wanton wrappers. I would recomend using a lighter velveta cheese or cut back on amount of cheese called for. Also with the bacon I would recommend cutting back on the amount called for as well. As all I was able to taste at the first bite was bacon, and cheese. The taste of both over powered the taste of the beef. The wanton wrappers worked out nicely as we baked them instead of deep frying them. The only issue was that they didn't really bring anything to the table as far as taste. They only added to creamy texture of the bacon, burger, and cheese mixture.

Over all this was a very excellent dish, and will be happy to make it again. Next time make a few minor modifications to the recipe.

Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2012 by tomsaaristo

These are reminiscent of the super popular cheeseburger turnovers that were judiciously served at the school cafeteria. I believe it was the school's most requested recipe. My loft is too cold for dough to rise (and my oven is in the wall!) so I use frozen bread dough for these types of things and it works beautifully. As to the salt, I think the level of salt here is correct but if your bacon is extra salty, you might want to adjust.

Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2012 by jmkasprak

I used the dough setting on my bread maker, and cut the recipe in half. The dough made a really nice "roll" ... very soft and more attractive after you brush on the butter at the end. I used a good sharp cheddar, but about half the quantity. When you can't make burgers on the grill, go for these delicious bundles.

Reviewed on Jan. 11, 2012 by BB82

i made these for a superbowl party & they were DELICOUS! they dissapeared & got soo many compliments & am always asked to make these for every get together now. I used Rhodes rolls instead of making my own :)

Reviewed on Oct. 18, 2011 by skinniercook

I made this after a friend recommended it. I like and will be making it again. You have to press the corners together tightly in the middle or they tend to pop apart. Aslo I used much less salt. Between the bacon and the cheese, I felt it was almost salty enough.

Reviewed on Aug. 03, 2011 by lisakim

These are great. I used the recipe to make panzzarotti and my nephews loved them. I served with tomato sauce for dipping. Big hit.

Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2010 by lorajean18

These were great. I also used the crescent rolls, but I needed more than 2 rolls. Husband and friends loved them!

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2010 by marisatoddbarton

Amazing! New family favorite! Used 2 tubes crescent rolls instead. Fused 2 triangles together then cut rectangle in half. Saved a ton of time.

Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2010 by sylvia_moss

Love this recipe. It is very time consuming but well worth it. My little girls are so picky (as is my husband) and they all loved these. I did make them bigger, more like a bierock.

Reviewed on Aug. 27, 2010 by vanillaluv

Very good and easy to make. The dough was very simple and I just used the rise time to do other things. For a weekday would use crescent dough or frozen rolls as other reviewers wrote.

Reviewed on May. 19, 2010 by tonyasorrels

I made these for a party and they were a hit.

Reviewed on Apr. 12, 2010 by cdbdga

My family loved this! I used Pillsbury cresent rolls to make it quick and easy and 1/2 the bacon along with shredded cheddar instead of Velveeta. Mmmm.

Reviewed on Mar. 13, 2010 by Wingwife415

I would rate this as "ok". Nothing great in my opinion. Probably won't make it again.

Reviewed on Mar. 07, 2010 by kimtrem

I made these for my boyfriend and he absolutely loved them!! I wouldn't recommend making your own dough though - very time consuming! Buy the frozen dough and set it out in the morning so it is thawed and has risen by the time you are ready to cook.

Reviewed on Feb. 22, 2010 by kelagriff

Everyone in my house loved them!! I did it all by hand but will try the bread machine next time as it is a very time consuming recipe but well worth it anyway!!

Reviewed on Jan. 02, 2010 by PuppydogJammies

Who would want a burger after having this?!?!?! OMGness. This was amazing & during the meal we talked about different people & places we could serve these little gems. I halfed the recipe.

I gave it 4 stars because the buns call for shortening which is loaded with transfats. I replaced the shortening with butter (which has saturated fats) and it was wonderful & a little less life threatening. I also used 2% velveeta & real bacon, which are less messy and have less fat than if I'd cooked the bacon myself. I prepared my dough in a bread machine using rapid yeast & had dough in 45 minutes. I didn't brush butter on them afterwards...that seemed like a pointless step.

Reviewed on Sep. 24, 2009 by anngerstan

I used crescent recipe creations and they turned out very well..

Reviewed on Sep. 17, 2009 by jenlloyd2005

If you make the dough in your bread machine on the dough setting, it makes the recipe so much easier. The recipe even works well halved! A family favorite!

Reviewed on Aug. 31, 2009 by littleann1

I made these the other nite & my family went crazy overe them. I actually used frozen rolls instead & let them rise all day then punched em' down & flattened them. We're adding this to our family favorites!!!

Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2008 by KY_Cook

This is an AWESOME recipe! We ALL loved it and will DEFINITELY be making it again :)

Reviewed on May. 25, 2008 by jenlloyd2005

This recipe was so delicious and easy to make... the hardest part of making it was the buns, but that's because I didn't use my rolling pin, which I probably should have. The buns work good in a bread machine on dough cycle. These tasted like a burger fresh off the grill though. My husband loved it and so did my baby girl, this was a really easy meal for her to eat! We will definitely be making it a lot more in the future!