Barbeque Beef Cups

This qualifies as "quick, cheap and easy" - good for party snacks or as a part of your well-balanced dinner.  Or imbalanced, however you like it.  Hubby-head could scarf these down all day.

1 lb. ground beef
1 bottle barbeque sauce (about 1-1/2 cups worth if you buy huuuuge bottles)
2 cans refrigerated biscuit dough
2 cups shredded cheese - cheddar, mozzarella, or your favorite blend

Yes, that's all!  Told you this was cheap and easy!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  At this point, I can just hear the Hubby-head... "How do you heat the oven before you heat it?  I don't get it."

Brown ground beef in a large skillet and drain off excess grease.  Add barbeque sauce and lower heat to simmer.  Spray two muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.  There will be 20 biscuits, so spray enough for 20!

Flatten individual biscuits (you can use a rolling pin or just smash them with the palms of your hands) and place one in each muffin cup.  Since you've sprayed the muffin tins with non-stick spray, the biscuit dough will not stay up on the sides of the tin - this is not a problem, just as long as there is a little bit of biscuit dough sticking up to form a small cup.

Spoon ground beef and sauce mixture into each cup.  Start with about a tablespoon in each.  If you have meat and sauce left over, go back and divide it up as evenly as you can.  Don't worry if you overflow the biscuit part - the biscuits will puff up around the edges.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 12 - 14 minutes until the biscuit crust is golden brown.  Top with shredded cheese.

My mom also makes a version of this recipe with one can of biscuits flattened in the bottom of a 9x13 pan - Hubby-head really likes the individual cups, though, and this version is great for finger food.

Comments

[Warren]

Every time I read this, I get hungry. Think I know what I'm fixing on Monday while I'm home!!

Keep these up!

[triticale]

That would be pre(pare by) heat(ing in advance), OK? There are very few projects which start in a cold oven. Now that we've taken to using a defrosted bought pizza as the crust for home made pizza, we even pre(pare by) heat(ing in advance) the pizza stone.