Bacon Cheeseburger Swirl Bread

Bacon Cheeseburger Swirl Bread – This swirl bread was a result of my family wanting burgers for dinner but, I didn’t have hamburger buns on hand.  You all know that moment when you begin to think of ways to improvise just to get a meal on the table and satisfy your hungry eaters.  Since my kids enjoy making their own pizzas, I usually have prepared pizza dough of some kind on hand.

As it turns out, pizza dough is one of my favorite “go to” ingredients for making quick dinners.  So, I decided to roll-up our cheeseburgers with all of the fixins’ and bake them.  After serving it once, this bacon-cheeseburger bread is requested as often as traditional burgers on  a bun.  It’s a fun bread to make, serve and eat and it’s terrific too or those sports filled days when you’re on the go.

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Bacon Cheeseburger Swirl Bread

Servings 12

Author Melissa Sperka

Ingredients

• 1 [13.4 oz] can refrigerated pizza dough [such as Pillsbury Classic] or 1 lb homemade pizza dough
• olive oil
• 1 large sweet onion small dice
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• garlic salt & black pepper to taste
• 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 6 slices bacon cooked & crumbled
• 1/4-1/3 cup ketchup
• 2 Tbsp yellow mustard
• 2 Tbsp dill pickles small dice
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• Topping:
• 1 Tbsp butter melted
• garlic salt
• onion powder
• sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. In a saucepan, cook the diced onion in a couple of drizzles of olive oil until it begins to soften. Add the minced garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the ground beef. Season with garlic alt and black pepper to your taste. Cook until browned and no pink remains. Drain any excess fat from the pan.
2. Add the Worcestershire sauce continuing to cook for 1-2 minutes then set aside to cool. [Tip: The ground beef can be cooked in advance, and refrigerated until you're ready to assemble the swirl bread for a time saver.]
3. To assemble: Stretch the dough into roughly a 10 x 13 inch rectangle.
4. Sprinkle with 1 cup of shredded cheese. Arrange the cooked ground beef and bacon on top. Drizzle with ketchup and mustard.
5. Top with chopped dill pickles.
6. Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese on top.
7. Begin rolling from the widest edge ending seam side down. Transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet, or in this case,
8. Brush the top with melted butter and sprinkle with garlic salt, onion powder and 1 tsp of sesame seeds. [dried parsley, if desired]
9. Bake for 18-20 minutes until the top is golden.
10. Rest for 8-10 minutes before cutting into 1-inch slices.