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Sausages in yeast dough fried in a frying pan

Pan-Fried Pigs in a Blanket (Yeast Dough)

Tasty homemade pigs in a blanket. This is a simple recipe for wrapping hot dogs in dough. The trickiest part is making the yeast dough — but to skip that step and save time, you can just use store-bought dough.

Anna

Recipe author

Sausages in yeast dough fried in a frying pan

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Hot dogs

Flour

160

Dry yeast

Eggs

Sugar

Milk

Salt

0.13

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 22 % 11 g

Fats 29 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 49 % 24 g

268 kcal

GI: 4 / 0 / 96

Cooking method

Step 1:

Get your ingredients ready. Use any hot dogs you like, any size or flavor — I went with small ones. For the yeast dough, you can use store-bought (about 250 grams is enough) or your own favorite recipe, or use the one I give here. Have a skillet ready for frying.
Step 2:

Warm the milk. Stir the sugar and yeast into the warm milk until they dissolve. Let it sit somewhere warm for 20 minutes, until a foamy cap forms.
Step 3:

Add the egg, sifted flour, and salt to the activated yeast and knead the dough. It should come out smooth and elastic. Grease a bowl with vegetable oil, transfer the dough in, cover with plastic wrap, and set it in a warm spot to rise for 40 to 60 minutes.
Step 4:

Punch down the risen dough and turn it out onto a floured surface. Divide it into pieces of about 2 to 2.5 ounces (50–70 g) each — no bigger, or the dough may not cook through. Roll each piece into a flat oval and lay a hot dog on it.
Step 5:

Wrap the dough around the hot dog from both sides, then roll it between your palms to seal it into a neat log. Wrap all the hot dogs the same way.
Step 6:

Heat vegetable oil in a skillet. Add the wrapped hot dogs and fry them on each side over medium heat until golden. Don't use high heat — they may brown on the outside before the dough cooks through. Set the finished ones on a paper-towel-lined plate to blot the excess oil.
Step 7:

Serve the pigs in a blanket hot or cold. They're great for breakfast, a light snack, or to pack for school or work.

We loved these, of course — who doesn't love a hot dog? So if you pick good, tasty hot dogs, they'll taste just as good wrapped in dough. Kids especially will be thrilled with them.