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Corn Dogs

For a long time David was looking for a great homemade corn dog recipe. Don't ask me why but this became a mild obsession to him. After several failed attempts Noelle stumbled upon this one. You can find the original one here

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup yellow corn meal
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 large egg
• 1 package hot dogs -- patted dry (no one likes a wet dog!)
• 8 wooden skewers (optional)
• a lot of vegetable oil

Directions:

Combine flour, corn meal, sugar and baking powder in a medium bowl. Combine mild and egg in a small bowl. Add to flour mixture; mix just until blended (batter will be very thick). Spread batter into shallow plate or dish. Insert skewers into hot dogs. (Ok so this is where we broke the rules. I don't like the wooden sticks in my dogs so I just use a fork to dip and dunk the dogs. This worked great for us.)

Add oil to 2-inch depth in electric skillet or large skillet; heat to 350° F (about medium heat on my stove)

Dip hot dogs into batter, coating all sides. Add 3 to 4 hot dogs to hot oil, turning after 5 to 10 seconds to set batter.

Fry the dogs, turning occasionally, until golden brown; pull them out and set them on a plate with a paper towel covering the plate to drain. Repeat this until you finish. (well duh!)