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Firecracker Hot Dogs

By Andrea Rivera Wawrzyn

Published on January 27, 2023

Time

45 minutes, plus cooling time

Yield

Serves 8

What Kids Are Saying

“It’s like a piggy in a blanket, but Hulk-size!” — Hilton, recipe tester, age 7

Firecracker Hot Dogs

Ingredients

Vegetable oil spray 8 hot dogs 1 can biscuit dough 1 large egg, cracked into bowl and lightly beaten with fork1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Before You Begin

You can make your hot dogs extra-special by making a topper for your skewers: Pat out extra biscuit dough into 4-inch circle. Use 1½- to 2-inch star cookie cutter (use similar-size cookie cutter of another shape, if desired) to cut out dough shapes. At end of step 2, carefully push skewers all the way through hot dogs, leaving 1½ to 2 inches of skewer sticking out at top of each hot dog. At end of step 4, carefully stick 1 dough shape on end of each skewer. Continue with recipe as directed. Serve with ketchup and/or mustard.

Instructions

  1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Spray parchment lightly with vegetable oil spray.
  2. Carefully push 1 skewer lengthwise (the long way) through center of each hot dog (ask an adult for help).
  3. Use your hands to pat and stretch 1 biscuit dough round into oval, about 8 inches long. Use chef’s knife or bench scraper to cut oval in half lengthwise (the long way). Repeat stretching and cutting with 3 additional biscuit dough rounds.
  4. Starting from top, wrap 1 dough strip around each hot dog in spiral, leaving gaps in spiral as you wrap (see photo, “Step-by-Step: How to Wrap Hot Dogs,” below). Place on parchment-lined baking sheet, tucking ends of dough strips underneath hot dogs. 
  5. Use pastry brush to brush tops of dough strips with beaten egg. Sprinkle sesame seeds over top.
  6.  Place baking sheet in oven. Bake hot dogs until biscuit strips are golden brown, about 15 minutes. 
  7. Use oven mitts to remove baking sheet from oven and place on cooling rack (ask an adult for help). Let hot dogs cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes. Serve.
Firecracker Hot Dogs
Photography by Kevin White. Styling by Elle Simone Scott.

Firecracker Hot Dogs

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Time

45 minutes, plus cooling time

Yield

Serves 8

What Kids Are Saying

“It’s like a piggy in a blanket, but Hulk-size!” — Hilton, recipe tester, age 7

Ingredients

Vegetable oil spray
8 hot dogs
1 can biscuit dough
1 large egg, cracked into bowl and lightly beaten with fork
1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

Vegetable oil spray
8 hot dogs
1 can biscuit dough
1 large egg, cracked into bowl and lightly beaten with fork
1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

Vegetable oil spray
8 hot dogs
1 can biscuit dough
1 large egg, cracked into bowl and lightly beaten with fork
1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Test Kitchen Techniques

Why This Recipe Works

Get ready to celebrate everything from birthdays to Independence Day with fun-to-make Firecracker Hot Dogs! These festive hot dogs bring the fun of Fourth of July firecrackers (safely) into the kitchen. When it’s time to wrap the biscuit dough around the skewered hot dogs, kids can practice moving the dough clockwise and counterclockwise. If kids don’t know the difference between the two, the words themselves can give them a clue! Clockwise is the direction clock hands move around its face (in a circle towards the right), and counterclockwise is the opposite direction (in a circle, towards the left). Have kids wrap one hot dog in biscuit dough clockwise, and another hotdog counterclockwise. Do the finished hot dogs look different? Either direction the dough is spiraled in, the Firecracker Hot Dogs will be equally delicious!

Before You Begin

You can make your hot dogs extra-special by making a topper for your skewers: Pat out extra biscuit dough into 4-inch circle. Use 1½- to 2-inch star cookie cutter (use similar-size cookie cutter of another shape, if desired) to cut out dough shapes. At end of step 2, carefully push skewers all the way through hot dogs, leaving 1½ to 2 inches of skewer sticking out at top of each hot dog. At end of step 4, carefully stick 1 dough shape on end of each skewer. Continue with recipe as directed. Serve with ketchup and/or mustard.

Instructions

  1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Spray parchment lightly with vegetable oil spray.
  2. Carefully push 1 skewer lengthwise (the long way) through center of each hot dog (ask an adult for help).
  3. Use your hands to pat and stretch 1 biscuit dough round into oval, about 8 inches long. Use chef’s knife or bench scraper to cut oval in half lengthwise (the long way). Repeat stretching and cutting with 3 additional biscuit dough rounds.
  4. Starting from top, wrap 1 dough strip around each hot dog in spiral, leaving gaps in spiral as you wrap (see photo, “Step-by-Step: How to Wrap Hot Dogs,” below). Place on parchment-lined baking sheet, tucking ends of dough strips underneath hot dogs. 
  5. Use pastry brush to brush tops of dough strips with beaten egg. Sprinkle sesame seeds over top.
  6.  Place baking sheet in oven. Bake hot dogs until biscuit strips are golden brown, about 15 minutes. 
  7. Use oven mitts to remove baking sheet from oven and place on cooling rack (ask an adult for help). Let hot dogs cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes. Serve.

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