Pizza Buns

Very similar to what my Mom used to call "Little Pizzas", but she used toasted English Muffins for the base. She would sometimes add chopped mushrooms to the ground beef/tomato mixture.

Made an error on submitting. Should have been 1/3 C of chopped onion.

Very good easy recipe!! My kids add assorted veggies and cheeses to personalize theirs. Thanks for posting!

When my grandma passed away, unfortunately most of her amazing recipes were lost as she kept them in her head. She was a cook in a school cafeteria back when real food was prepared. Little did I know the delicious "pizza burgers" we adored on Saturday afternoons were some of the same fare she made the kiddos back in the 40's and 50's. This recipe takes me back every time and I am so excited to now have a taste of what my grandma made for me to share with my kids!!! Sentimental yum!! And many thanks to the original poster of this recipe!

Have been making these for years and now making them for my children who love their own pizza plus they can add what they like and leave off what they dont. The burger buns adds a little sweet kick thats yummy!!!

I didn't think it was necessary to add all these extra spices, but the flavor they add is very good. Only used a little crushed red pepper, personal preference. Toasting the buns ahead of time is a good idea, too.

The only changes I made was to use Don Peppinos spaghetti sauce because that's what I had, I doubled the recipe and added some chopped pepperoni and my son used pepper jack cheese because he likes it spicy. Very good! Thanks for sharing. Will definitely make agin!

Quick, easy, and good.

This was one our most favorite school lunches when the schools had lunch ladies that actually prepared hot meals! I just made them yesterday and they are a huge hit! I did not use paprika in my recipe, that's the only thing that was different.

I found this recipe because I wanted to use hamburgers buns before they went stale. My 3 yr old son and my husband both loved these! Very quick and easy for a working mom like me and very good!

Great recipe to tweak to your tastes! I added black olives, turkey pepperoni, green peppers & mushrooms to the onions and ground beef. (and forgot to add the parmesan cheese) I also only used 6 buns (12 halves) and it worked out perfectly. I'll be sure to make this again. Thanks for the recipe!

I made these for my husband and me - daughter wasn't home. We thought they were pretty good. I was hoping they would taste like the ones I had while in high school - not quite like I remember, but still good. We will definitely use this recipe again.

This was good, but I guess I was expecting more from it. Perhaps my memories of this dish as a child overshadowed the reality of what it is. I still would make it again, and I do believe children would love it. Next time I would half the recipe, as we had a lot of leftovers. Each adult only ate 2 of them (1 whole bun worth).

These were great!! I made two buns for everyone in my family and I though maybe that wouldn't be enough, but they are very filling. Delicioius!

Tasted just like the ones I used to have for lunch in school growing up although I used half sharp cheddar and half mozzarella like the ones I remember as a kid.

I thought these were great! I left out the red pepper flakes. They definitely brought me back to when I was little--our school cafeteria ones weren't good, but my mom used to make some that were similar to these.

Exxcellent recipe! Used toasted English muffins instead of hamburger buns. Mixed the mozzarella in with the beef mixture, then served it on top of the toasted English muffins. Turned out very well!

The one thing I would do different would be to broil or toast the buns after adding the beef mixture as the buns seemed to get soggy.

I have a family of Picky Eaters and they LOVED this. Thank you

Excellent!! Made exactly like recipe only added sliced pepperoni to tops

Forgot about this easy quick meal if ur in a pinch thanks

Pretty good, I didn't use the paprika or red pepper flakes but it still turned out delicious.

These were great!! I made two buns for everyone in my family and I though maybe that wouldn't be enough, but they are very filling. Delicioius!

So good! I made with gf ciabatta buns. I followed recipe as written. It was very tasty!

I add chopped pepperoni and do half hamburger half Italian sausage.

made these for my family and was so surprised that everyone liked them!!! These will definitely be on the menu again and it was a great way to get rid of some leftover buns we had from a cookout!!

I only made 2 changes. I added the onion right when I began the Hamburg. And I used American cheese because we were out. This was excellent, homemade sloppy Joe's. Took 15 minutes to cook all together. Will definitely be making again! I lied I omitted the paprika also, I was out.

Quick, cheap, easy. I actually used leftover ham and rolls from Easter for this instead of ground beef. Some of them I added leftover grilled veggies. Those were good too. I used my toaster oven and that worked great. I will definitely make these again during the summer when its too hot to turn the oven on. Next time I may try spreading garlic butter on the buns before the initial toasting for a little more flavor.

Always a hit with the kids!

I love these, we used to make a very similar recipe when I was growing up, but using french bread, halved horizontally and slightly hollowed out. We used to put olives, etc in the ground beef filling too, and then topped with cheese and fresh tomato slices under the cheese. Then after it was done cooking we would cut across the loaf into big slices. We called it "Jumbo Pizza" and it was always a huge family dinner table hit. The great thing about these is you can modify them with any sort of toppings according to personal taste!!! Thanks for the recipe. Yummy

I did twice as much red crushed peppers, pepperoni;s and oregano and they were delicious...thanks. i loved these things in my high school days...great idea on a budget to feed many kids!!

Followed directions and ingredients exactly. This was not something I would add to the rotation. It was actually kind of bland and was more like a boring sloppy joe than a pizza burger. Husband said it was ok. I was disappointed.

It was good

Hubby loved loved these! Only thing I did differ is I made them like normal topping pizzas. Added pepperoni and olives on them. We use ground turkey instead of beef. It gave it a nice flavor. Pics a lil fuzzy tho. Delicious!!