Cheeseburger Sliders

Ingredients:

• 1 package King's Hawaiian Sweet Slider Buns
• 1 pound ground beef
• 2-3 tablespoons McGormick Hamburger Seasoning
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• 9 slices of cheese (I prefer Sargento creamy cheddar or pepperjack)

Optional Toppings:

• mayo (I prefer Hellman's)
• A1 sauce
• Heinz 57
• ketchup
• mustard
• dill pickles
• pickles jalapeños
• mushrooms
• lettuce
• 9 small slices of tomato
• 9 small rings of red onion
• 9 toothpicks, preferably long ones

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Add a 1 1/2 cups water to a broiler pan. Grease the pan and set aside.
2. Add the beef to a medium bowl with the worcestershire and seasoning. Use your hands to mix well.
3. Pat out 9 patties about the size of your buns, maybe just a tad larger as they will shrink while cooking, and lay them out evenly spaced on your prepared pan.
4. Bake for 10 minutes then remove the patties from the oven. Use a spatula to barley puncture the tops of each patty. Flip them and then smash with the spatula to remove some of the excess grease.
5. Bake for 8 more minutes. Remove from the oven once more and add the slices of cheese. Return the burgers to the oven for 2 more minutes to melt the cheese and finish cooking the patties.
6. Remove the burgers from the oven and begin to dress them. You can ass whatever to them that you prefer, but I'm going to describe how I usually do them anyways. I add the patty to the bottom bun, add lettuce then 2 pickles. I sauce the top bun with mustard and ketchup and add it to the sandwich. Then I add a toothpick to hold it all together. However, feel free to dress these mini burgers to your own preference. If you are serving these to a crowd, you can even set up a station to allow each person to build their own. It is totally uo to you. I have made a list of optional toppings above to help give you some ideas and inspiration.

Makes 9 Sliders