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About the Author Sandra Lee is an internationally acclaimed Lifestylist® and New York Times bestselling author. She is the premiere authority of Semi-Homemade® cooking—a quick and easy method of food preparation where nothing is made from scratch, but everything tastes homemade. Her cooking approach, savvy short-cuts and food and style ideas are a hit on Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee, one of Food Network's hottest cooking shows. Sandra has also been featured on The View, Today, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, CNN, Fox News Live, Good Day Live. She has also appeared in numerous publications across the country including, People, TIME, Newsweek, W Magazine, Brandweek, Better Homes and Gardens, Gourmet, Ladies Home Journal, Family Circle, Lifetime Magazine, Good Housekeeping and more. Sample Recipe 
Cheeseburger BitesPrep 20 minutes Bake 16 minutes Tools you'll need: Measuring cups Measuring spoons Baking sheet Aluminum foil Large bowl Oven mitts Wire cooling rack Instant-read thermometer Cutting board 2-inch round cookie cutter Sharp knife 16 long cocktail toothpicks Food you'll need: 1 & 1/4 pounds extra-lean ground beef 1/4 cup ketchup, Heinz® 2 tablespoons meat loaf seasoning, McCormick® 1 package (7-ounce) sunburst-shape cheese snacks, Sargento® 8 hamburger buns, presplit Iceberg lettuce leaves 6 tablespoons Thousand Island salad dressing 16 cherry tomatoes 16 pickle chips Here's what you do: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheet with aluminum foil; set aside. In a large bowl, mix ground beef, ketchup, and meat loaf seasoning with wet clean hands until well combined. Form into 16 patties slightly larger than 2 inches wide. Place patties on prepared baking sheet. Wash hands well. Place baking sheet in preheated oven. Bake for 14 to 16 minutes. Using oven mitts, remove from oven. Place on a wire rack. Top each patty with a cheese snack. Using oven mitts, return baking sheet to oven. Bake about 2 minutes more or until burgers are done* (160 degrees F) and cheese has melted. Using oven mitts, remove baking sheet from oven. Place on a wire rack. While the burgers cook, arrange halves of hamburger buns on a cutting board, cut sides up. Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter, cut mini buns from the large hamburger buns. Have an adult use a sharp knife to chop lettuce leaves into pieces about 2 inches wide. To assemble cheeseburgers, top bottoms of mini buns with lettuce, a patty, and about 1 teaspoon Thousand Island salad dressing. Add bun tops. Skewer 1 cherry tomato and 1 pickle chip on each of 16 long cocktail toothpicks; push through the centers of assembled burgers. *Note: For burgers, meatballs, and other pieces of meat, have an adult help you check the temperature with an instant-read thermometer. The meat is done when the temperature reaches the number written in each recipe, such as 160 degrees F (above). Click here for more information |
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