Homemade Corn Dogs and Corn Dog Muffins
ByA few weeks ago, Josette asked if anyone had a healthier, homemade corn dog recipe. Yippee! A recipe challenge. I love me a recipe challenge.
And…all my healthy eating talk aside…I love me a good hot dog. Oh, how I wish I didn’t. The icky ones that are made from 14 different kinds of animal leftovers? I don’t love me that kind of hot dog. A big juicy beef hot dog? I could eat three. (Not that I do of course…)
I’ve found some hot dogs from Azure Standard made by Shelton that are pretty good. They are made with chicken, don’t have any preservatives, etc. If you have access to those, give them a try. We like them just fine.
And…hot dog on a stick with yummy cornbread fried all around it? Hello. I am my kids’ favorite mom on days I make these.
Homemade Healthier Corn Dogs
10 hot dogs
1 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup cornmeal
2 T. honey
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. dry mustard
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
2 T. oil
Oil for frying (I use palm kernel oil)
10 lollipop sticks
Whisk together all ingredients (okay, except for the hot dogs of course…and the oil for frying…and the lollipop sticks).
Place one hot dog on each stick. (I find lollipop sticks in the cake decorating section at Walmart.)
For frying the corn dogs…you can immerse them in hot oil if you have a Fry Daddy or something similar. I don’t have one, plus I’d rather not use that much oil. Here’s what I do:
Heat a small amount of oil in your electric skillet. Holding onto the stick “roll” the hot dog around in the cornmeal batter to coat. Place the corn dog down onto the hot oil. Allow the corn dog to cook quite well on one side before attempting to turn it so that the batter won’t pull off. Turn as necessary to cook on all sides.
My corndogs don’t turn out very lovely. They’re sort of triangular in shape. Ah, but they taste delicious!
NOW.
Wait until you hear THIS idea. When Jennifer heard that I was going to conduct a corn dog experiment…she gave me this idea!!! Thanks Jennifer!
These Corn Dog Muffins are a perfect way to avoid the mess of frying your corn dogs and finding lollipop sticks, etc. I LOVE this!
Corn Dog Muffins
This recipe for cornbread, doubled
8 hot dogs
24 muffin papers to line muffin pans.
Mix up the cornbread. Cut hot dogs into thirds. Scoop cornbread batter into the paper lined muffin cups. Place 1/3 hot dog into each muffin.
Bake at 400 ° until golden brown. Serve right away.
Look! You can’t even tell there’s a hot dog in those muffins! You could surprise your kids with these! They’ll think they are only having a cornbread muffin for lunch. Then tada! There’s a hot dog inside!
The best thing about these Corn Dog Muffins is that they freeze well!!! Just thaw and reheat in the oven for a few minutes before serving!
How’s that for an easy lunch idea that you can make ahead of time?!
This post is linked to Works for me Wednesday.
I have what is probably a stupid question. I don’t make cornbread but wanted to make these. I bought just plain old yellow cornmeal. But my muffins look nothing like yours. They didn’t rise and they look like wet cornmeal. Did I get the wrong kind of cornmeal? All the others said self rising and I didn’t think I needed that.
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Laura Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Not a stupid question at all…I use freshly ground corn meal and I’ve heard from others that my recipe doesn’t always work for them when they use corn meal from the store. :( Maybe just try using your favorite corn bread recipe and stick the hotdogs in to see if that works better?
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My husband just ate three of these and said they were the best things ever! I couldn’t fry them fast enough!
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just made these as muffins, but they stuck to the wrappers (and so did your chocolate muffins). Do you use special wrappers or spray the wrappers? Otherwise they were YUM! but so much of the cornbread was wasted bc it stuck to the paper…. any tips?
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Laura Reply:
July 20th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I’ve been having trouble lately with mine sticking to the wrapper too…I think next time I’ll just butter the muffin pans really well and avoid using paper liners!
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About the liners sticking…I always go without them OR spray the liners with some cooking spray. Very little will stick to the wrapper!
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Thanks so much for the great recipes. I recently made the Corn Dog Muffins, since I have 3 young children, I thought that I would make them into Mini Corn Dog Muffins instead. They were awesome! I just cut the hot dog into 5 pieces instead of 3 and they fit perfectly into my mini muffin pans. My kids just loved them!
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hi! Love your blog. Do you have a good source for non GMO corn to grind? I grind my own wheat and havn’t been able to find a good corn source. I havn’t looked to hard either but I thought I would ask you! It seems most corn these days is GMO. Thanks!
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Laura Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 11:38 am
I order mine through my healthy food co-op Azure Standard. I’ll try to look into other sources to recommend also.
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