Itty Bitty Baby Burger Bites

I saw a pictures of little tiny burgers on the cover of a Taste of Home magazine while in the checkout of the grocery store. What an adorable idea! I love tiny things anyway - and this just pulled my chain big time. Full kudos to Taste of Home for the original idea - but this is my checkout line interpretation of their photo. I love these for several reasons. I feed people daily who range in age from 1 year to grown ups. The small children ADORE these. One is perfect for an entree. My brothers can eat about 43 each. So everyone is happy.

The only specialty equipment here is some sort of measure - I used a 1 1/2 inch biscuit cutter - to measure out the beef patties, the bread rounds and cheese. If you run out out of bread ends, just use bread. No one will complain. This way they all stacked prettily. You can adapt this to any size measure you have - a 1/4 measuring cup works pretty well too.

1 lb ground beef
1 tsp Worchestershire sauce
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fresh cracked black pepper
16 bread 'ends'
8 slices, cheddar cheese
4 tbl Mayonnaise
Thinly sliced onion, tomato, pickles, and lettuce.
Makes 8-12, depending on the size of your measure. I made 10 from 1 lb of ground beef. Add I ate all the extra bits and pieces and was very happy to do so.

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, place ground beef, Worchestershire sauce, hot sauce, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix until just combined. Don't over mix or burgers will be tough!
2. Find your measure - anything round and small. Divide your burger mix into 8-12 pieces. The only reason it's important to measure is because you want your little ingredients to all match. So if your burger patties are 1 1/2 inches in diameter, use the same measure to cut the cheese slices and bread ends.  All you're after is consistency in size so the finished burger stacks prettily. So size matters - but only kinda.
3. On a medium grill or a skillet set over medium heat, cook burgers on first side about six minutes.
Flip.
4. Allow burgers to cook on second side for two minutes. Add cut cheese slices to top of burger and cook for another two minutes.
5. Place patties on 'buns' and top as desired - 

For the 'buns' - I used a 1 1/2 inch biscuit cutter to cut the ends of bread - Taste of Home used this idea and it was brilliant. Just save the ends from loaves of bread in the freezer. Once you have enough, cut them with a biscuit cutter.