Pigs-in-Blankets

Pigs-in-Blankets


 * 1 Cup all-purpose flour
 * 1 Teaspoon baking powder
 * 1/4 Teaspoon baking soda
 * 1/4 Teaspoon salt
 * 3 Tablespoons Toasted wheat germ
 * 1/4 Cup Chilled vegetable shortening
 * 1/3 Cup buttermilk or Plain yogurt
 * 1 Large egg Yolk
 * 10 Frankfurters, Ends Trimmed And Frankfurters Halved Crosswise

Preheat Oven to 375?f. And Grease a Large Baking Sheet.In a Bowl, Whisk Together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt And wheat germ. Blend in shortening With a Pastry Blender or Your Fingertips Until Mixture Resembles Coarse meal. in a Small Bowl Whisk Together buttermilk or yogurt And Yolk And Stir Into flour Mixture, Stirring Until Mixture Just Forms a Moist Dough.

Knead Dough 4 Times on a Floured Surface And With a Floured Rolling Pin Roll Out Into a 12-Inch Square. Cut Dough Into 1 1/2-Inch-Wide Strips And Roll a Strip Around Middle of a Frankfurter Until Dough Just Overlaps. 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.

Bake Pigs-in-Blankets in Upper Third of Oven Until Pale Golden, About 15 Minutes. Makes 20 Pigs-in-Blankets.

Makes 20.

Jenn b Aka Mom2sam And Tiny

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