RECIPE FOR BACON-CHEESEBURGER

BACON-CHEESEBURGER

Makes approximately 100 servings – 2 oz. protein each.				Bake in 400° oven. 1 teaspoon butter or margarine each serving.


INGREDIENTS	WEIGHTS	MEASURES
Cheese grated	12 ½ lbs.	3 ½ gal. (or 14 qts.)
Onion, chopped		3 cups
Cooked bacon, chopped, or Baco Bits		4 cups
Prepared mustard		1½ cups
Tomato paste		4 cups
Vinegar		1 ½ cups
Celery salt		¾ tsp.
Cinnamon		1 ½ tsp.
Mace		¾ tsp.
Sugar, granulated		¾ cup
Hamburger buns, sliced		100
Butter, or margarine, soft		2 cups 4 tsp.


	DIRECTIONS:
1.	Combine first 10 ingredients in mixer.
2.	Place both halves of buns on a large bun pan (18” x 26” x 1”) with cut sides up.
3.	Brush soft butter over both halves of buns.
4.	Place a No. 8 dipper of cheese mixture on bottom half of each bun
5.	Turn dipper over and mash cheese mixture down with back of dipper.
6.	Bake as needed in a hot oven (400°) about 8 minutes or until bun tops toast and cheese melts. Serve a bun (2 halves) to each child.
7.	Bake about 4 minutes in convection oven at 350° F.

NOTE:	This cheese mixture can be made up in advance and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before spreading on buns.


Number of Portions	100
Size of Portion	2 oz.

Calories.	382		Iron	4.81 Mg	Protein.	16.72 G	17.52%
Cholesterol	36* Mg		Calcium	396.15 Mg	Carbohydrates.	31.41 G	32.92%
Sodium	1297 Mg		Vitamin A	188* RE	Total Fat .	20.83 G	49.11%
Fiber	1.77* G		Vitamin C	4.80* Mg	Saturated Fat.	10.32 G	24.33%