Kidsville Kitchen

Mini Burger Bites

In celebration of Fathers Day this month, try cooking these Mini Burger Bites with your Dad!

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 package dry onion soup mix (about 2 tablespoons)
8 slices American cheese
16 soft dinner rolls
Ketchup or mustard
16 hamburger dill pickle slices

DIRECTIONS:

With adult help: Set the oven to 350F. Put the ground beef and soup mix in a large (1 gallon) plastic food storage bag. Seal the bag. Squeeze the meat mixture with both hands until it is well blended.
Empty the meat mixture into a square baking pan (approximately 8 x 8 in size) and press it evenly into the bottom of the pan with a plastic scraper or spatula. Cut the meat mixture into 16 squares by cutting 3 lines down and 3 across using the edge of the scraper.
With adult help: Bake the meat mixture for 20 to 22 minutes or until it is cooked through. Carefully remove the baking pan from the oven using oven mitts. Separate the burgers into squares using a knife.
Cut 4 shapes from each cheese slice using a 1-inch cookie cutter. To make each burger bite, place 1 hamburger square on the bottom half of 1 dinner roll. Top with ketchup or mustard, if youd like, 2 cheese shapes and a pickle slice. Cover with the top half of the roll. Enjoy!

Makes 16 (sixteen) mini burgers.

Nutrition information per serving (2 burgers): Calories 270, Total Fat 10 g, Saturated Fat 4 g, Cholesterol 30 mg, Carbohydrate 30 g, Protein 18 g, Sodium 690 mg, Fiber2 g. Diabetic exchanges per serving (2 burgers): 2 starch, 2 low-fat meat (2 carb).