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
Can you make hamburger buns with this recipe? If so wilwould you still roll dough into a log then roll flat?
You have to add the sugar into the water and yeast before it gets foamy. Yeast doesn’t blossom with water alone.
I don’t think that’s actually necessary. It’s a good way to check your yeast is still alive, but the dough will rise just fine without blooming it.
The yeast should bloom with sugar, but if you are using Instant yeast or Quick Rising, you can skip the blooming and add to dry ingredients.
Even with Instant yeast, I still bloom with sugar and hot water, especially if it’s close to end of shelf life.
Mine did.
It does bloom without sugar unless your yeast is near expiration or you kill it with heat. The sugar is recommended (usually only a little sugar to the process in any recipe) as it gives the yeast something to feed on and makes it more productive. It helps but isn’t necessary
These were great! I only had five hot dogs left (long story); so I halved the recipe. I generally use a ZO bread machine for making bread due to our high humidity. I simply kneaded by hand and let rise. I also always reduce the liquid at the onset, adding as necessary. We don’t do hot dogs very often, but these would also be a nice change for any kind of sausage you could think of. Thanks for an awesome recipe!
These turned out great, but instruction say total time is 40mins. Seems to neglect the instruction saying “Cover and let rise for one hour or until doubled in size.”
Should say 1hr40min
Absolutely DELICIOUS and super fun! We’ll be making these all summer (into fall, winter and then spring) long! We’ll add some salt flakes with the sesame next time as well. Think that would be super tasty
My apologies, but I did not like this. The breading came out pretty tough. I think a softbread recipe would be much better, this is more of a hard bread recipe.
You probably used too much flour.
The recipe works well and I appreciate being able to better trust what ingredients are going into my food, however, it does not live up to the memory for me of the more sweetened, more buttery, more flavorful (if artificial) crescent rolls. The dough is a basic bread dough. If I did it again, I would add at least honey and butter to the dough itself.
This is a great recipe – my husband’s new favorite. And so easy to make. I don’t have a bread machine, so I just used a large spoon. It also worked really well with a pepperoni and mozzarella filling instead of hot dogs. Thank you!
Still a favorite recipe! I also add cheese on top
This recipe is one to keep in the books. BIG HIT!
Can you freeze these?
I’ve been making these at least once a month for the past two years and they always turn out great.
Made them tonight with some garlic infused olive oil and everything bagel seasoning in an air fryer. 335° for 9 minutes came out perfect.
What is your list of lunches that you rotate through? I’m needing new ideas!
Girllllllll!!!!!! These came out perfect!!! I just cut the hot dogs in half and made the dough balls smaller and it made around 20. Thank you so much I was craving this and everyone else used the premade dough. I made a sauce to go with it using random stuff in my fridge and pantry and my goodness. Thank you so much!!!!!
Is there a vid if is pls share
Oh my goodness, i follow your steps and mind came out so perfect 👌!! My kids and friends really enjoyed it the dough came just as i wanted it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I have come back to this recipie again and again. Its a crowd pleaser. Add pickled jalapeños in next to the dogs when rolling them up for an added kick.
This recipe gives a time of 40 minutes total and then in the middle of the instructions says, to let the dough rise for 1 whole hour! The time on this recipe needs to be fixed. I should not have to read all the instructions before determining if I have time to make something.
Because of this, I won’t be able to continue with the recipe and I won’t even consider trying it on a different day.
Please be considerate of people looking for quick easy recipes that are crunched for time.
I have added the rise time to the recipe. At the time the recipe was created, the site did not allow us to include that. This is a great recipe that has been loved by many. Remember, most bloggers are home bakers doing their best to provide great recipes to you at no cost.
My family loved these!! I used grass-fed beef sausages. So easy and delicious!
Do you use cooked hot dogs or uncooked?
Great question! For this pigs in a blanket recipe, use uncooked hot dogs. Enjoy!