Baked Mini Corn Dogs

Recipe courtesy Food Network Magazine

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (11)

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Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
18 mini corn dogs

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 30 min

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Ingredients

1 cup reduced-fat milk
1 package active dry yeast
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing
2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
1 cup fine yellow cornmeal
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting and kneading
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper or paprika
9 reduced-fat hot dogs, halved crosswise
1 large egg, beaten
1 tablespoon black sesame seeds (optional)

Directions

Warm the milk to about 110 degrees in a saucepan; pour into a medium bowl. Sprinkle in the yeast and let soften for about 2 minutes. Stir in the olive oil, brown sugar and cornmeal with a wooden spoon. Add the flour, salt, baking soda and cayenne pepper; stir to make a sticky dough.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead, adding more flour if needed, until smooth but still slightly tacky, about 5 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball, place in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Meanwhile, insert a wooden stick or small skewer into each hot dog half, about 1 inch deep; set aside.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and lightly oil a large baking sheet. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 18 pieces. With your palms, roll each piece into a 10-inch length. Wrap each piece around a hot dog half, tucking and pressing the edges to seal; place on the baking sheet.

Brush the dough-wrapped dogs with the beaten egg; sprinkle with sesame seeds, if desired. Bake until golden, 15 minutes.

Per serving (2 reduced-fat beef corn dogs):

Calories 265; Fat 11 g (Sat. 4 g; Mono. 2.5 g; Poly. 0.5 g); Cholesterol 27 mg; Sodium 825 mg; Carbohydrate 31 g; Fiber 3 g; Protein 10 g

Photograph by Kate Sears

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recipe Baked Mini Corn Dogs
Lisa Canton, MI 09-07-2009
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Great taste and my kids loved them
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this the other day for my kids who love corn dogs. The dough was easy to make and tasted wonderful. Next time I will... just wrap the dough around whole hot dogs instead of cutting them in half and won't bother with the skewers. They're not needed and I found them easier to eat without the stick. I will defnitely make these again. Read more
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Brad Blaine, MN 08-24-2009
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Deb & Candace
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This recipe wasn't tiring to make OR read. The recipe was tiring to read? If a person needs to come onto Food Network website... to read a recipe and then tell us that they made pigs in a blanket then I have to ask: Why did you come onto this sight in the first place? Heck, my parents made me pigs in a blanket 30 years ago. You come on here, don't really rate the recipe fairly, and then tell us how you did it different. WOW! You made a pig in a blanket and come on here and tell us you made the recipe so different. You two must be CIA certified chefs. I can't believe how you totally came up with something new. SO amazing! You two are so devious...have you ever thought of making PB&Js and cutting the crusts off? That would be SO WILD! Do you have any news on the Titanic you want to tell us? Read more
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Cathy Beaumont, TX 07-21-2009
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A Family Affair
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This was a good recipe. I was so surprised that my 15 and 25 year old sons came in and decided to help roll out the dough... and wrap the dogs. We all had fun cooking together for a change. Read more
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Cynthia San Francisco, CA 07-05-2009
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Crowd Pleaser
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these for my 4th of July party and everybody Loved them. I had a few vegetarians in the group and I made some for them... with soy dogs and those were great too. I was able to double the recipe without any problems. I also used whole wheat flower to make them a bit healthier and nobody noticed. I will be making these again for next years 4th of July for sure. Read more
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samantha orlando, FL 07-04-2009
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Really fun kid "and adult" favorite
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is time consuming, of course, but its really delicious and all of them were gone in a few minutes. We used hebrew... national hot dogs and turkey hot dogs (for my 2 year old), cut them in 1/3s and just wrapped the dough pieces around and topped with white sesame seeds. I would compare them more to pigs in a blanket instead of corn dogs though. Worth the effort if you have hot dog loving kids!Read more
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Toni Oak Lawn, IL 06-23-2009
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Great dough recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

After making this recipe I had to hop online and let others know how great the dough came out. When I saw the two... "not-so-positive" reviews on this recipe I had to read why. I am upset to see that the reviewers did not even follow the recipe yet still choose to rate it. People, you have to actually make the recipe to criticize it. Anyone can slap some store bought crescents on a few dogs and call it a day but you skip the best part when you do that. The recipe (when done right) goes above and beyond the do-it-in-a-minute recipe and the result is noticeably better. If you are concerned about the time it takes to go the extra mile then make it with your children - I made it with my 3 year old and we had the dough done in 10 minutes. Add an additional 20 minutes to roll the risen dough out into long ropes and wrap it around the dogs. Then bake and enjoy. The bread was so fresh and delicious - both the smell and the taste were amazing. It can be used for dinner rolls by using 2 1/2 c of flour and omitting the corn meal. Variations I used... 1. Substituted the salt for celery salt which is a traditional ingredient of Chicago Style hotdogs. 2. Made a slit the down the dogs lengthwise and inserted a strip of cheese (cheddar and mozzarella) then wrapped the dough around. 3. Sprinkled pretzel salt on the corn dogs before putting them in the oven. Read more