Mini Corn Dogs

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Ingredients

1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out the dough
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole wheat pastry flour
1/3 cup fine cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, chilled, cut into 8 pieces
3/4 cup milk, whole or 2% lowfat
1 large egg
24 organic or all-natural fully cooked cocktail franks (or 6 hot dogs)

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce:

1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/3 cup honey
1 tablespoon molasses

Rated: (2/5), based on 2 reviews

Perfect for a school lunchbox or for an afternoon snack, these “mini dogs” are bite-size franks cleverly baked in their own cornbread “bun.”

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Earthbound Farm Since it began in a small backyard garden over 25 years ago, Earthbound Farm has been committed to bringing the benefits of healthy, delicious organic food to as many people as possible and serving as a catalyst for positive change.

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Make It:

Place the all-purpose flour, whole wheat pastry flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Add the pieces of butter; using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut in the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

Beat the milk and egg together until smooth and add to the flour-butter mixture, stirring until a soft dough forms. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes, then turn it out onto a floured work surface. Knead the dough until smooth, about 1 minute. The dough will be soft but it should not be wet. Add more flour sparingly as needed.

Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet and set aside.

Roll the dough out into a 1/8-inch thick circle. Using a 2-1/2-inch biscuit cutter, cut out 24 rounds. As you cut, it may be necessary to patch the scraps together to make enough rounds; gently pat them together in a single layer and lightly roll them until smooth, then continue cutting.

Place a cocktail frank (or hot dog) in the center of each pastry round. Bring the edges of the dough up over the middle of the frank and pinch the edges to seal tightly. The ends of the franks should still be peeking out from the dough.

Place the mini dogs on the prepared baking sheet, spacing them at least 1-1/2 inches apart. Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.

While the mini dogs are cooking, combine the mustard, honey, and molasses in a small bowl and stir to blend.

Serve the mini dogs hot or at room temperature with the Honey-Mustard Dipping Sauce, if using, or other favorite condiments on the side for dipping.

Clean It

These mini dogs are folded into rounds of cornbread dough and then baked to produce crispy-tender crusts without the added fat and calories of frying.

Green It

Look for organic cocktail franks or hot dogs, which are made without synthetic ingredients or preservatives.

Make It Fun

There are lots of opportunities to harness enthusiastic kid power in this recipe. Measuring and stirring ingredients teach good kitchen skills to younger kids — and older ones will love folding the little “dogs” into their cornbread “buns.”

Image Courtesy of Earthbound Farm

Reviews

Janelle Sorensen (Guest)

Submitted on January 1, 2010 at 10:56 am

Michelle - point well taken. Still, we're trying to cater to everyone, and far from everyone is ready to give up meat and animal proteins entirely. This recipe would be a rare treat in my home (my kids LOVE hot dogs and I already tell them they can't have them almost every time they see them at the grocery store). Also, it's a big step forward from the conventional corn dogs you can buy at the grocery store.

michelle (Guest)

Submitted on January 1, 2010 at 8:50 am

you have GOT to be kidding me!? click on another page of the WEG site and it tells you to reduce animal proteins and eat organically. so of all the things to suggest to eat - HOT DOGS? what a joke. and dough laden with butter, milk, and eggs. not so lean on animal protein. EWG completely ruins themselves with junk like this. they need to get a spine and tell people the obvious thing. don't eat meat. it ruins the environment and it ruins human health.