[Cowgirl]

Runzas

Dough

2 cups warm water
2 packages yeast
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
1/4 cup margarine -- melted and cooled
6 1/2 cups flour
Or .........your favorite recipe for two loaves of bread, Dough will have gone through one rising.

Runza Filling

2 pounds ground beef
2 cups chopped onions 2 med onions
4 cups shredded cabbage 1lrg head
1 teaspoon shortening
2 tablespoons water 1/2 cup
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1 tsp pepper
1/2 teaspoon season salt

Brown 'n crumble ground beef in a six quart pot, Do not drain off the grease from the meat, as it is the fat the onion will cook in. Toss in onions, diced. Once onions are translucent, stir in cabbage. Add some salt, cover, and let cook, stirring occasionally. Once cabbage is cooked, add more salt, and pepper, to taste. Remove from heat, and drain any excess liquid. Cool completely before putting in dough.

Take bread dough, and divide into 16 equally-sized pieces. Roll out a piece of dough on a bread board, to about 1/16 inch thickness. Will be a circle larger than your hand. Put a scoop of cabbage/meat mixture in the center, fold over sides and ends and seal. Repeat with remaining dough.

Place the runzas on a greased cooke sheet, butter the tops, cover with tea towel and let dough rise til light, about 30 minutes, Bake 375.....25 min or until golden brown, butter the tops ..
these freeze nicely...........