Pigs in a Blanket

Uh oh. There are hot dogs in the fridge that have a "use by" date that is 8 days away...There are 6 hot dogs left...Man, I don't want to eat only hot dogs for the next couple of days. Sheesh..alright, let's think. Can you freeze hot dogs? Maybe...I think we used to do that at Gull Lake. Yikes, that freezer is full. They will certainly get lost in there. Okay new plan, think, think, think, think...hot dogs in macaroni and cheese? yeah, but Brad just ate that a couple days ago at a friends house...and that would be a quite a bit of macaroni for 6 hot dogs..and then we would be eating that for the next two or three days. Oh well, I'll think of something.
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Shoot! That "use by" deadline is drawing closer and I still have nothing. Hot dogs...hot dogs in macaroni and cheese...hot dogs and....hey! pigs in a blanket! Perfect! Except that we don't have any crescents rolls....hmmm....maybe I can find one.....

Duh Duh Dah! Recipezaar to the rescue!

Alright, so I copied the recipe straight from the site below...sarcastic comments from the author and all. So please, don't credit me for the parentheses this time ;o). As for me though (and Brad), we thought this turned out quite well. I don't have a pastry cutter so the butter didn't crumble as well as it probably should have, but thankfully my tortilla making skills came in handy as far as blending the two together. Also, I didn't add cheese to the dough because as well all know, I'm not a big fan unless it is on pizza. To make up for it though, I added cheese to the tops of some of them for Brad. And as always, no buttermilk in the house so I used my milk and vinegar substitute. Oh, and did I mention I didn't remember how to roll the hot dogs up properly? Yeah..so they were uniform but eh, it worked.

Pigs in a Blanket (From Scratch)
from MommyMakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 18 miniature hot dogs

Directions

1. Heat the over to 400ºF. Grease a large baking sheet.
2. Sift the dry ingredients (flour through salt) into a mixing bowl (or dump them in one at a time, whatever).
3. Rub the butter pieces into the dry ingredients until mixture is crumbly. Stir in cheese until evenly distributed.
4. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the buttermilk. Stir well with a wooden spoon. Let the dough sit for 3 minutes.
5. Sprinkle the dough with flour and stir once or twice then turn out onto a well floured counter.
6. With floured hands, pat the dough into a 15 by 7 inch rectangle, trimming the sides if necessary to get a true rectangle. (Handle the dough as little as possible for tenderness, yeah right).
7. Using a pizza cutter, slice the rectangle into thirds horizontally then slice each third into thirds vertically, this will give you 9 small rectangles. Slice each rectangle diagonally into two thin triangles.
8. One at a time, roll up the sausages in the triangles. Place pointy side down on greased cookie sheet.
9. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes, until golden brown. Cool on the sheet for 3 minutes then tranfer to a wire rack.