Pimiento Cheese Bacon Burgers

Ingredients: 

• 1 pound extra-sharp cheddar cheese, grated
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 (2-ounce) jar diced pimientos, drained
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon Diane’s Hatch Valley Sauce and Dressing
• 1 pound ground sirloin
• 1 pound ground chuck
• 1 teaspoon Daddy Hinkle’s cracked pepper and sea salt seasoning
• 6-8 Braum’s hamburger buns
• ½ stick Braum’s butter, softened
• 1/2 pound Greer’s Ranch House bacon, cooked
• Garnish: Scissortail Farms green leaf lettuce, sliced tomato, sliced red onion

Directions: 

1. In a medium bowl, mix together grated cheese, mayonnaise, pimientos, cayenne pepper and Diane’s sauce. Add more mayonnaise if necessary to make it creamy. Cover, and store in the refrigerator.
2. In a large bowl, combine sirloin, chuck and Daddy Hinkle’s. Shape into 6 to 8 patties, and make an indentation with your thumb into each patty.
3. Preheat grill to high. Lower heat to medium-high, and grill burgers 4-6 minutes on each side, depending on how you like your burgers cooked. During last minute of cooking, top each burger with a scoop of pimiento cheese. Remove from grill, and set aside.
4. Butter buns and warm on grill.
5. Assemble burgers, topping with bacon and garnishes.