Kid Friendly: Pigs in a Blanket

I'm a little embarrassed to post this recipe on my blog.  But, I decided to anyways, because I'm having fun documenting my kitchen adventures with Baby J.  I'm one of those mean moms who doesn't buy my child hot dogs very often.  Horrible I know.  When Baby J and I go to the mall however, we have a tradition of going to "Hot Dog on a Stick."  Between giving him corn dogs and riding escalators, our mall dates pretty much translate into him thinking I'm the best person on the planet.  It's wonderful actually.

I found a coupon for crescent rolls today, and I saw this "recipe" if you can call it that, in Paula Deen's My First Cookbook, so I thought I'd give it a try.  When Jackson saw that I bought hot dogs he was pretty ecstatic.  He actually took them out of the refrigerator and carried them around the house for awhile...

See, I'm doing him a favor by not buying mechanically separated meat very often...When he does get it, it's like he's going to Disneyland or something.  If he ate hot dogs all the time they'd lose their intrigue.

The two things I changed about Paula Deen's recipe is that I used turkey dogs instead of beef hot dogs and I didn't cut them all in half.  I liked the ones I cut in half more though, because their was a higher bread to hot dog ratio, but Baby J preferred the ones with the whole hot dog.   It's really up to you what you do with your pigs; the sky's the limit.  Here's the recipe:

Pigs in a Blanket
Adapted from Paula Deen's My First Cookbook

• Turkey Hot Dogs
• 1 can refrigerated crescent rolls (8 rolls)
• Ketchup
• Mustard

Other supplies:

• Parchment Paper
• Cookie Sheet
• Small, sharp knife
• Cutting board
• Oven mitts or hot pads
• Wide spatula
• Big plate

Directions:

Turn on the oven to 375 degrees.  Put the parchment paper on the cookie sheet.  Separate the dough into 8 triangles.  Cut each of the hot dogs in half crosswise.  Place each hot-dog half on the wide end of a roll and roll it up.  Space the hot-dog rolls evenly on the parchment-don't let them touch.  Put the cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 13 minutes, until the rolls are nice and brown. Transfer the pigs to a plate.  Let the pigs cool for a few minutes..  Serve with ketchup and mustard.  Makes 8 pigs.

Baby J rolling his piggy.

Yes, he was excited.

 

And he still went for his fruit first. Trained him well.