To make these bacon cheeseburgers, start by cooking the bacon. We recommend cooking the bacon in the oven because it’s super easy, doesn’t make a mess, and is fast to clean up. Place two slices of bacon on a sheet pan with parchment paper. Then, cook the bacon in the oven at 400°F for 15-22 minutes.

While the bacon is cooking, add the salt, cracked pepper, granulated garlic, and shredded light cheese into a bowl with the lean ground beef. Once the bacon is cooked, let it cool and then crumble it into the bowl. Then, thoroughly combine all of the ingredients.

Form 8 slider patties with the meat. Keep in mind that each slider is a little more than 2 ounces so you could use it on a regular burger bun as well. Feel free to make the burgers any size you want.

Cook the burgers on a grill pan or barbecue and grill them to your liking. We used a grill pan to cook ours on medium heat for 3-3 ½ minutes on each side. After that, we added cheddar cheese slices to the top of our sliders. Then, we lowered the heat of the pan and covered the sliders with a lid of a pan to melt the cheese. Top the burgers with your favorite condiments and bun of choice. Ella likes to add some tomatoes, lettuce, and extra bacon to her sliders!