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To make the burgers: Into a large bowl, add ground beef, dried basil, black pepper and salt.
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Mix together until combined.
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Divide the ground beef mixture into 8 equal pieces (roughly 2 ounces each) and form each into a patty.
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Just lightly press it togetherdont make it a tight patty.
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Place a thumb print in the center of each patty, put them onto a plate and refrigerate for 30 minutes while you make the rolls.
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For the rolls: Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat; set aside.
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In a large bowl add yeast and water and stir with wooden spoon.
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Let it sit for a minute.
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After 1 minute add salt and sugar into the bowl with the yeast mixture and mix until combined.
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Add bread flour one cup at a time, mixing in between each cup.
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Add enough flour to where the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl (I used 2 1/2 cups).
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Knead dough about 5-10 times until soft and there is no more flour remaining in the bowl.
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Take off pieces of dough that are about 2 ounces in size and in the palm of your hand roll into a ball.
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Place dough balls onto baking sheet.
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Place the egg in a bowl and whisk with a fork.
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Brush each piece of dough with the egg and sprinkle with salt.
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Bake in the oven for 5 minutes then turn the broiler on and bake for 5 more minutes or until lightly golden.
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Keep an eye on them to make sure they dont burn.
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Remove pan from oven and set it on a rack
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While rolls are cooling, grill your burgers.
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Heat your grill to medium heat and remove burgers from the fridge to come to room temperature.
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Place the burgers on grill over medium heat and cook until done.
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This will take about 5 minutes per side.
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Then remove the burgers to a clean plate.
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Let the burgers rest for 5 minutes.
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To serve, cut buns in half horizontally and place a patty on the bottom slice of bun and top each burger with a slice of bacon, broken in half.
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Add top bun over top of burger.
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Roll recipe is from Sallys Baking Addiction.