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I've been craving  Lebanese style hamburgers. They usually come in buns like these not sweet like the usual hamburger bun with a coleslaw, pickles, fries, ketchup all inside the bun. Since I usually buy Kaiser rolls when I want to make these burgers , I looked for a Kaiser roll recipe to use for the Bun. The recipe actually yields 16 rolls  but I divided mine to 8 Rolls because I wanted the buns to be huge. ) You can tell I was really craving these burgers :) The buns are soft and fluffy inside, if you eat them while fresh from the oven, it will have a crust or you can cover them and wait until they are all soft. I will also include the recipe Lebanese style patties.

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand for 5 minutes. Add the oil, salt, remaining warm water and sugar and 4 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
• Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 16 pieces. Shape each into a ball. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
• whisk egg with milk to make egg wash.
• Brush the rolls with egg wash and sprinkle sesame seeds.
• Bake in a 400 degree oven, for 20 mins.

Source: Taste of Home

Lebanese Style Patties:
1 1/2 ground beef
1//4 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp all spice
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Mix all ingredients together , form about 6 to 8 Patties depending on your preference of thickness and grill.

I usually empty the pockets of the buns, put coleslaw ( just shredded cabbage plus Mayo) pickles, Ketchup and fries.

*** You can use the bread you take of from the bun to make bread crumbs , by toasting it and put it in the food processor.