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
Recipes was delicious, I was making minis so I cut everything by half (so I wouldn’t make extra dough), and put cheese and small pieces of jalapeños on them, they turned out amazing, my mother in law loved them. Even though I cut the Ingredients by half I still ended up having leftovers dough, since it pretty much the same as pizza dough I decided to make a small pizza with the left over dough, and it was delicious as well.
I legit love this recipe I did the hot dogs I made garlic sticks and I just made a braided garlic loaf DELISH
I tried these and they were perfect! Made them for a birthday party and the kids loved them! Thanks!
Excellent! Wonderful dough to work with! Made exactly as stated. Added some cheddar cheese inside perfect touch. Thanks for sharing!
I just got done making these. Went great, except I stuff mine with cheese and twisted the ends off to keep the cheese inside the dough. My first attempt ended up with cheese all over the pan. Lesson learned. Ooppss. But anyways, great recipe and informative.
Great dough recipe. I made it again yesterday and used (some of ) it to make a baked brie with dried cherries, toasted walnuts and agave nectar wrapped in your delicious dough. I sprinkled with flaky sea salt. Everyone loved it.
These are delicious! The dough is great baked as bread too!
Really good recipe!
I made some with farmer sausage and cheese, others with hazelnut spread, and others with a pizza filling!
I followed the recipe for the dough to the dot, and it turned out perfect!!!!
I am so happy with this recipe!
This was awesome! Nice simple recipe! Used it for Lil Smokes and plan to salt after egg wash next time to make it like a pretzel bite. Thank you!
OMG!!!!! These are AMAZING!!!! The dough is tender and chewy with a slight sweetness to offset the salty smoked sausage I used. I highly recommend this recipe!!
Have made it twice now. The first time used for wiener wraps and have for pizza pockets. This patch in the oven now is for a dozen pizza pockets without all the crap that store bought ones have.
Hi- could I make ahead? I’m wondering if I can do all the steps but then put the wrapped up hot dogs in the fridge a couple hours before cooking? These look so good!
Yes I think that should be fine! Just cover so they don’t dry out and maybe let them sit out a bit to come to room temp before baking.
Rise for an hour should probably alter the total cook time.
so far so good, the dough looks like its trying to rise, we are at the wrapped around the dog stage, and I’m wondering if its because of the “cold dog”? should I have warmed up them first? does all the rise happen in the oven? thanks for any advice!! I also used 1 c. w/w flour to 2 c. all purpose.
Made these today with your exact recipe and they turned out awesome! My 4 year old was able to help me wrap them, and all 3 of my children LOVED having these for lunch! 😍
The prep time is 1 hour and 25 minutes since you need to let the dough rise. Seeing the prep time as 25 minutes assume it was a quick dough and not a yeast dough. I don’t know why some people don’t include the rise time in their prep time for recipes.
Excellent and easy recipe! I even use the leftover dough to make calzones (I stuff it with pepperoni and cheese). I have made this several times and love it
So glad you love them too!
Could you replace the hotdog with pepperoni sticks?
I want to thank you for this recipe! It has become my go to for everything! Hamburger buns, pretzels, etc.
Make them almost weekly. My kids love it! I always do a quick boil on the dogs and let them cool completely before wrapping them. It works great. I also use a bread machine for the dough. Use 3 cups of flour. Fantastic!
Dough was sticky. And the rise time isn’t included in total time…
Right!? I’m really irritated that the rise time isn’t included. I thought this was a quick way to make pigs in a blanket and started mixing everything up, I didn’t have time to wait for it to rise. 😭😠
Made these so many times now, absolutely perfect!
Came out great on first try! Wanting to make these again but wondering if they freeze well?
Should I bake them freeze or freeze wrapped dogs and then bake from frozen?
i made these and they were amazing, i made extra and froze a few, just take them out 2-3 hours in advance and bake as usual
Phenomenal recipe! I had left over dough (probably my fault) and was able to make some delicious meat buns with the remaining dough. 10/10!
This is my go to recipe for just about any dough. We use it for pigs in blanket but also use it for calzones and for pizza dough.
If I wanted to freeze these for easy lunches in the future, should I cook them all and then cooldown and freeze or freeze before baking? How would you recommend reheating?
Delicious, quick and easy. I wasn’t expecting an hour to rise, but they came together quickly right after!
Omg! Thank you so much, So many “Homemade” Recipes I found while searching for a good recipe called for Something specifically store-bought dough, Which is really not helpful for someone who does all their cooking out of a stocked pantry with rare store runs. Thank you for posting an actually homemade recipe!
My family really enjoyed this recipe. The dough is a dream to work with! Thankyou!
Omg these are amazing! I wish I saw this recipe so many years ago! Thank you ❤️