Cheese Dog on a Stick

 

Kids Cooking

 

Serve up a Cheese Dog for a tasty lunch.  Spread a rolled out biscuit with mustard, top with grated cheese, wrap around a hot dog, and bake until golden brown.   Traditional hot dogs are made of beef, pork, veal, chicken, or turkey, with or without skins and may contain up to 30 percent fat and 10 percent added water.  Size ranges from about two inches up to the famous foot-long with the most popular standard being the six-inch length usually sold in packages of ten. 

 

Preparation time:  About 15 minutes.

 

Equipment you’ll need:  Rolling pin, pastry board, 8 wooden craft sticks, baking sheet, scissors, cooling rack, spatula, and serving platter.  

 

Safety:   Use dry potholders to place baking pan into the oven and remove. 

 

Recipe: 

8    Healthy Choice hot dogs

8    wooden craft sticks

1    16-ounce package Grands Cheddar Big Biscuits (8)  

6    tablespoons mustard, divided 

4    ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

 

1.  Preheat oven to 350-degrees. 

2.  Insert 1 wooden craft stick halfway into each hot dog and set aside

3.  Separate biscuits.  On a floured board, roll each biscuit into a 7 x 4-inch oval. 

4.  Spread 2 teaspoons mustard lengthwise down center of each biscuit.  Top with

     2  tablespoons shredded cheese

5.  Place hot dog on cheese and enclose in biscuit by wrapping around to seal.    

6.  Pinch together edges and place seam side down on baking sheet. 

6.  Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool slightly before serving. 

     Yield:  8 servings.  

 

Safety:   Turn off oven immediately after use.  A good cook always cleans the kitchen spotless. 

 

Carolyn Gass Hardimon, M. S.     Family and Consumer Science     Home Economist

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