Baked Corn Dogs
As a fan of fried foods I know baked things aren’t usually as good as the real thing but these baked corn dogs are pretty close!
It’s more of a cornmeal wrap but the outcome is the same, a hot dog encased in a corny jacket of pure savory love. These bake up quick and the kids love them!
Baked Corn Dogs
Ingredients:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup cheddar cheese
1 egg + 1 Tb water for egg wash
4 hot dogs
4 lollipop sticks
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep a baking sheet with silpats or parchment.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, slowly mix the flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
Add the butter and the buttermilk.
Stir in the cheese and mix until you get a dough-like consistency that pulls away from the bowl.
Take the lollipop sticks and carefully push the stick halfway into the hot dog.
Separate it into four equal pieces and roll each piece into a rectangular shape, the length of the hot dog, rolling the dough around the dog.
Place on the prepped baking sheet and brush with the egg wash. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 minutes.
Let cool slightly and serve.
Soooo cute–I better hide this photo from my three little ones or trust me, I’ll be making these daily, lol!! Love the little compartments with treats like grapes, goldfishies, etc. Great idea!!
So cute! I love the compartmentalized condiments too.
you always make eating look so fun at your place!
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your muffin tin condiment tray idea is so cute!
the dough for these corndogs is delicious – not heavy.
Hey, when do you use the egg wash, do you brush them before baking?
Yes! Sorry – right before you put them in the oven!
I don’t have any buttermilk as of now, is there an alternative?
@Robert 1/4 milk + 1 tsp lemon juice.
My goodness these are good!
I live in the UK and have never had corndogs before. I’ve seen them on American TV shows we have here though, and I’m always interested in ‘foreign’ food.
However, we do not have a deep fat fryer so I started looking for a baked option, and yours was the only one I could find that didn’t call for a box mix of some kind of cornbread (something we don’t get here!) And then I had to find cornmeal, and discovered we call it Polenta, lol.
My kids and I are eating them as I type! Thank you so much for these, it’d certainly going to be a standby recipe for those days when I haven’t the energy to make something elaborate.
Hi there Jenn!
Just wanted to thank you for this recipe! We made it today in our summer camp for Sticky Fingers Cooking. The kids were thrilled! We made them with homemade ketchup…fun day! Thanks for the inspiration!
Do you use melted butter like typical cornbread recipes or do you use stiff or softened butter?