Bierocks (Beef-and-Cabbage Buns with Cheese)

Name: Bierocks (Beef-and-Cabbage Buns with Cheese)
Yield: Makes 12 bierocks
Cuisine: US & Canada, Southern
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons, vegetable oil; 2 pounds 90 percent lean, ground beef; , Salt and pepper; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 1/2 small head, green cabbage, cored and chopped fine (4 cups); 1 cup, low-sodium chicken broth; 8 ounces, shredded Colby Jack cheese (2 cups); 1/2 cup, whole milk; 1/2 cup, water; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces), sugar; 3 1/2 - 3 3/4 cups (17 1/2 to 18 3/4 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 large, egg, lightly beaten, plus 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water

Main Courses
US & Canada
Southern
Meat
Beef

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)

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