Another summer lunch idea here! I’d mentioned a few weeks ago that I was running out of ideas for easy summer lunches for the boys. These Homemade Pigs in a Blanket are just the ticket!
My boys seem to ask, “What’s for lunch?”, right around 10am… we wake up early and they do swim team (must get energy out!) every morning so lunch can’t come soon enough for them!
Instead of trying to think of a new idea each day, and letting each boy pick out their own lunch, we are trying to have a plan and rotate though a set list of lunches. This actually cuts down on the time we spend getting everything ready and cleaning up because everyone’s eating the same thing.
We haven’t stuck to it 100 percent, but it does help to have ideas written down and ingredients on hand.
I made my own dough from scratch in my stand mixer, but you could make them even easier by picking up a bag of ready to use pizza dough (Trader Joe’s has a good one).
Adding an egg wash to the dough and a sprinkle of sesame seeds makes these extra delicious!
Let your kiddos help wrap the dough around the dogs. It’s a little therapeutic, like playing with play dough! They’ll enjoy eating their own creations that much more. Serve them with some carrot sticks and apple slices and you are good to go!
Until dinnertime of course… :0)
PrintHomemade Pigs in a Blanket
These Homemade Pigs in a Blanket are the perfect summer lunch for your kiddos! You can make your own dough, or use a store-bought pizza dough.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Rise Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 teaspoons dry active yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons oil (I used olive oil)
- 2 1/2 – 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 hot dogs
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine yeast and warm water. When the yeast becomes foamy, add sugar, oil, 2 cups of the flour, and salt. With the dough hook attachment, mix on low until combined. Gradually increase the speed until a soft dough forms to medium high. Knead with the dough hook for about 7 minutes, stopping to add flour (up to one cup more). The dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl but not to the sides. It should be slightly sticky with no visible flour.
- Remove the dough from the bowl, oil the bowl, and place the dough back into the bowl. Cover and let rise for one hour or until doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Punch the dough down and roll into a log. Cut the dough into 12 equal portions. Roll each portion into eight-inch pieces, and twist around the hot dogs. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- To make the egg wash, whisk one egg with one tablespoon of milk. Brush the top of each dough wrapped hot dog, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Pig in a Blanket
- Calories: 309
- Sugar: 2.8g
- Sodium: 506mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 6.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9.1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1.1g
- Protein: 9.8g
- Cholesterol: 43mg
We just tried the 2 ingredient pizza dough last night and were very pleased with our tasty pizzas! Greek yogurt and Self Rising Flour (and we added salt). Now planning to wrap it around a hot dog!
I made these and they are delicious! We all loved them. Will definitely be making them again!
Thanks so much for letting me know! I need to make these again soon too. Happy summer! ☀️
I just made it and OH My God! Best dough ever. I made less hotdogs so had some left over. Made a braid from 3 dough stings and that is best thing I ever made and eat!
I had no sesame seeds so just done not so fine salt.
I need to remember this. Mmmm
I did this by hand as I haven’t got a mixer, and I didn’t have time to wait for the dough to double on the rise, but even so these turned out great! Very tasty. We tucked a bit of cheese into some of them and that was a hit as well.
Love the cheese idea. Thanks Brit!
Perfect recipe and the dough baked perfectly !!! Thank You!!
I made this today and the neighbour, an Australian, knew exactly what they were and he loved them. They turned out awesome.
Wonderful, thanks Kathy!
Do you cook the hotdog first or use it raw?
Hi there, thanks for your question. No need to cook the hot dog ahead of time.
Can I use maple sausages with pastry and if so do I need to cook the sausages first. Thanks
If the maple sausages are raw, then I would at least cook them part way before wrapping in the dough.
Can’t wait to try this! I have made the dough but don’t want to use it all–how long can I save it in the fridge?
We made these tonight and everyone loved them! Thank you!
Oh yay! My family just loves these too. Thanks for letting me know!
Fantastic recipe. Easy to make and so yummy! Thank you for shearing 😋
Getting ready to make these and I’m wondering if I can freeze half to throw in oven later?
Hi, I have not tried freezing these yet. I think maybe they would freeze the best after they are completely baked. Then you could just let them thaw a bit, and warm them back up in the oven, maybe covered with foil so they don’t brown too much. Let me know how it goes if you decide to try. Enjoy!
I made these and they were delicious! A huge hit with my daughter and husband! I had a little extra dough to make three rolls with and they were excellent! I have added this recipe to my recipe box!
Thanks Sarah, glad you and your family liked them.
tried this earlier with frank sausages.. all of us loved it.. your fan from philippines 😘😘😘
Thank you so much, Sofia! So glad to have a friend in the Philippines!
Thank you for this wonderful recipe. These turned out to be so delicious that my family begged me to make it again .
Wonderful! Thank you for letting me know how they worked out!
hi! i just tried this recipe and i loved it! the bread i made is so soft, and i did not use any mixer. it was so easy to do and follow! thank u so much!
It never turned into a dough for me. Not sure what i did wrong?
The directions are wrong. It tells you to add the sugar after you bloom the yeast. It doesn’t work that way. I figured out I need to add the sugar into the warm water with yeast for it to bloom. Other then that it ended up tasting real good So it’s a 3 star
Good yeast will bloom with our without adding the sugar, but the sugar can help it along much quicker. I do either or all of the time.
It depends on how warm your water is. If the water isn’t the right temperature, the yeast will not activate on it’s own, so adding the sugar will get it going. The recipe is not wrong, yeast is tricky.
my kid actually made them himself! when they were done, we loved them!
I was thinking of making this, because I have about 40 minutes, but you haven’t counted the rise tkme in it! It might be helpful to add that.
As with any bread dough, you rise/proof “until” it’s doubled…depending on how warm the environment is; depends on how fast or slow. I’m letting mine rise slowly in a 69-70 degree kitchen….will take at least 1 to 1.5 hours. If I wanted it faster, I could preheat my oven to 170F; turn it off and let it rise there; covered in plastic or with a bowl of boiled water in a dish on lower rack.
I am in the processing making these now; dough was kneaded by hand and is proofing. I see there is no proofing time after you wrap the dogs; I’m assuming that is because you don’t want them too “puffy” around skinny dog lol. I am using Oscar Meyers All Beef (no nitrates, no fillers, no by-product) dogs. One batch of 10 today and one more tomorrow. Adding cheese to both. Some for lunch today and the rest are for the freezer. Considering wrapping in a pretzel dough next time! I haven’t had these since I don’t know when!
Sounds like a productive day! No proofing time really needed after wrapping… a pretzel version would be great!
Hi! I just wanna ask if you put them in the freezer unbaked? Thank you!
If using raw breakfast sausage links should you cook sausage first? Thanks
I think I would cook the raw sausages, at least part way, first. I’m afraid the juices that cook off might interfere with the dough cooking through if they were raw. Hope you enjoy!
Delicious I make it every day
My son requested pigs in a blanket and cinnamon rolls in the same day so I used this recipe and split the dough in half and made both!! They came out perfectly I will be using this recipe again and again. Thank you so much.
I read your review and did the same thing- cinnamon rolls were fabulous. Do you have any specific recommendations for them? I spread melted butter on the inside, sprinkled with cinnamon, touch of salt, brown sugar and raisins and then rolled them up. Placed them side by side in a butter dish and did egg wash- read some recipes that recommend a milk wash? Thoughts? Baked at 375F for about 30 minutes.
I’m new into baking with dough. I made this today as part of my R&D (I’m selling online food) and it was perfect! We loved it. I just wanna know if I can make the dough ahead of time and can be put in the fridge or freezer. If yes, how long is the shelf life? Thank you!
I’ve made this dough 3 times so far. First time with regular hotdogs. Second time with cocktail weenies and some cheese with the leftover dough. Third time I figured I’d try it as hamburger buns. Each time was phenomenal and it will be my to recipe for buns. Flavor and texture are exactly what I’ve been looking for without being overly dense or breast. Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
Made mine with mini dogs, turned out great!
I’m looking for a recipe to make for my brothers BBQ business that he makes his own links. I do all the baking for everything from dinner rolls to cheesecakes for him. So he’s tasked me with finding a recipe for a dough I can make him to wrap his links in.. with that my question is can I make this ahead in the AM and refrigerate until he uses it later that day? Just thinking about slowing the proofing time for him to use when he’s ready. What do you think?
I think you forgot to include the one hour wait for the dough to rise in the total preparation time.
Cheers
Love this recipe perfect! Thank you so much!😀
hi made these they came out beautifully… can i freeze them and how long can they last before reusing them
Absolutely delicious and super easy recipe. I can wrap hot dogs, sausages in it or just make buns for hamburgers.
I sprayed some water on them after I turned the oven off . I love it! Thank you Julie!
Please update total time to include the 1 hr proof time. Wish I read the comments first!