Bierocks (Beef-and-Cabbage Buns with Cheese)

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2012

Their real names may be strange—bierocks or runsas, depending on where you hang your hat—but their delicious taste requires no translation.

SERVES Makes 12 bierocks

TIME 2¼ hours, plus 2 hours rising

Bierocks (Beef-and-Cabbage Buns with Cheese)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

They were brought to the Midwest by Eastern European immigrants in the 19th century, but these meat-filled buns—also known as “runsas”—were new to us. Draining the ground meat after browning it prevents the tender, sweet dough from becoming...

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