Homemade krautburgers

Krautburgers are a version of runza or bierocks, similar to pierogies. These pocket sandwiches have been made popular by Lauer-Krauts, a German-Russian restaurant in Brighton, CO.

As promised, Part 2 of my old family recipe for Kraut Bierocks (pronounced Krowt Beer-ocks), or German cabbage burgers. Yesterday we made the quick version using crescent roll dough. Click here to find where you can find how to make the meat and cabbage filling. Today we’ll do the genuine recipe for the dough pockets. To see how to make the meat and cabbage filling, look here. Today’s post features Mr. Wonderful. Pastry extraordinaire, master dough roller, and all around good guy. I just…

Delicious Kraut Burgers just like mom used to make! Yummy browned ground beef and cabbage surrounded by delicious yeast dough!

An easy recipe for the original Nebraska's Homemade Runza. Also known as bierocks, seasoned beef with cooked cabbage and onions wrapped in homemade bread.

Brown your ground beef with your chopped onions, chopped cabbage, minced garlic and sauerkraut that has been drained VERY well. You will want to stir your ground beef mixture...

This is hands down one of my new favorite recipes. Katie over at Yes, I Want Cake gave me the idea. She is a genius! They are the perfect little snack, yet filling enough for a meal. Not to mention they re-heat perfectly. I ate the last one yesterday, almost 4 days after they were made fresh. Is anyone watching Big Brother? Each summer I become obsessed with this show. While watching the other night I got to thinking.....I wonder how they eat on this show? You see their fully stocked pantry…

Until a year ago, I would have to take a small road trip to get my Runza fix, so I worked, and worked, and worked until I found a recipe that mimicks the beloved Nebraska sandwich.

These tasty little packages have many aliases across the Midwest. Whether you call them a krautburger, runza, bierock, krautrunz, or kraut pirok, these delicious yeast-bread envelopes are most comm…

The real deal - Homemade Bierocks!

If you grew up in Kansas or one of our neighboring states you are most likely familiar with Bierocks or otherwise known as Runzas in our northern neighboring state of Nebraska. They are one of my favorites. I'm a big fan of cabbage. You can always find them at our County Fairs here in the sunflower state. Growing up they were always on the school cafeteria menu. Heck, even our High School Juniors usually have them for sale for a prom fund raiser every year in our small town. They are said…