A few years ago, I shared my experiments with making pretzels. I've made them several times since then, but I decided this time to make some with a twist! I mean, all pretzels have a twist, I guess, but this time, I mean I wrapped the dough around a hot dog. These are basic Oscar Meyer wieners, so sign the jingle if you know it. I tried to take some snapshots of the process, but some may be a bit out-of-focus. My priority was making food, after all.
One batch of dough got divided into sixteen equal blobs of dough, so I made eight of them into standard pretzels, and used the rest to see just how many wieners I could wrap. It turns out this was just about right to wrap the full package of ten dogs. I started by rolling out a snake, wrapped each hot dog until it seemed about right, and then used the discarded remnants form the eight to wrap the remaining two. I also got a bit better at consistent dough thickness as I went, so the first few are a bit irregular.
I knew the dough might take longer to bake, so I also made the pretzels with a fatter shape to bake everything at once. It took about 20 minutes, and they were done.
Then comes the awful waiting patiently for them to cool. I hate that step.
Verdict: Not bad at all, especially with a dash of dijon mustard. I was a bit heavy-handed with the coarse salt after they were boiled, but I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to eyeballing that. I need more practice. What a shame. I have eight more in the freezer for future snacks, but when they're gone, I'll have to try again. I can bear that burden.
If you ever make pretzels, set some dough aside and give this a try! This is way cheaper than the store-bought option that inspired this idea, and you can choose every ingredient. Want a higher-class bratwurst? Give it a try and let me know how it works out for you! You could even spear it on a stick for a more grown-up variation on a corn dog.
And if nothing else, remember you should always wrap your wiener.
!BBH !
They look like "Asian hot dogs" but I don't know if those ones get made with pretzel dough (they could be! Legit have no idea) XD I remember loving them growing up and my dad always got them whenever they were available for the kids whenever we were visiting and we occasionally get them from any of the shops here that have something similar if we want that reminder of my home.