Pigs-in-Blankets

Description
Contributed by Jenn b aka Mom2sam and Tiny at World Recipes Y-Group
 * Makes 20 Pigs-in-Blankets.

Ingredients

 * 1 cup all-purpose flour
 * 1 teaspoon baking powder
 * ¼ teaspoon baking soda
 * ¼ teaspoon salt
 * 3 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
 * ¼ cup chilled vegetable shortening
 * ⅓ cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
 * 1 large egg yolk
 * 10 frankfurters, ends trimmed and frankfurters halved crosswise

Directions

 * 1) Preheat oven to 375 °F and grease a large baking sheet.
 * 2) In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and wheat germ.
 * 3) Blend in shortening with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
 * 4) In a small bowl whisk together buttermilk or yogurt and yolk and stir into flour mixture, stirring until mixture just forms a moist dough.
 * 5) Knead dough 4 times on a floured surface and with a floured rolling pin roll out into a 12-inch square.
 * 6) Cut dough into 1½-inch-wide strips and roll a strip around middle of a frankfurter until dough just overlaps.
 * 7) Cut Pig-in-Blanket free from strip and make 19 more Pigs-in-Blankets in same manner, arranging them, seam sides down, as they are made on prepared baking sheet. (Pigs-in-Blankets may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.)
 * 8) Bake Pigs-in-Blankets in upper third of oven until pale golden, about 15 minutes.