Bacon Cheeseburger Stromboli

1-2 lbs. ground venison (or beef)

1 can of cream of mushroom soup

garlic, salt, pepper to taste

1 small onion diced fine (or onion powder to taste)

2 cups of shredded cheese**

10 slices of bacon

In large skillet cook onion and ground venison (or beef) til done. While you are cooking the ground meat, cook the bacon (I do this in the microwave). Rinse the ground meat and the skillet to remove the grease and return ground meat to skillet. Stir in the cream of mushroom soup and seasonins and let simmer for a little while (you can add some water, maybe 1/4 c. if it seems too thick).

Mix up your favorite pizza crust recipe or your favorite bread dough recipe (I use my basic bread recipe for 1loaf of bread). Divide the dough in half and roll out each piece into a large rectangle. You want the dough to be just over 1/8 inch thick. Spread half of the meat mixture over each piece of dough to about 1 inch from the edges. Sprinkle half of the cheese over the meat on each one. Crumble up your bacon and sprinkle it over both pieces*. At this point you can add other things that you might like on a bacon cheeseburger to your stromboli (tomatoes, mushrooms, etc..). Roll the stromboli up starting with a long side. Once rolled you will pinch the edges to seal them. Fold the ends just under the roll and pinch.

Bake at 375 deg. F until the dough is a light golden brown. Brush top with butter and slice into pieces and serve.

*you can leave the bacon in strips and just lay it on the cheese but its harder to cut thru the stromboli that way.

**We use colby jack cheese but this is excellent with pepperjack cheese or swiss cheese as well.


My Dough Recipe

Dough:

1 and 1/8 c. warm water

1 Tbsp. yeast

2 Tbsp. sugar

2 Tbsp. oil

1 tsp. salt

1/3 c. powdered milk

3 c. all purpose flour

extra flour in case needed to make a smooth non-sticky dough

Mix together and knead until smooth and elastic. Coat with oil and let rise in a warm place until double in bulk. Punch down and divide in half. Roll each half into a good sized rectangle (mine are generally about 14 x 11 I think)