Pigs-in-Blankets

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
• 1/4 cup chilled vegetable shortening
• 1/3 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
• 1 large egg yolk
• 10 frankfurters, ends trimmed and frankfurters halved crosswise

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. and grease a large baking sheet.
3. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and wheat germ.
4. Blend in shortening with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. In a small bowl whisk together buttermilk or yogurt and yolk and stir into flour mixture, stirring until mixture just forms a moist dough.
6. Knead dough 4 times on a floured surface and with a floured rolling pin roll out into a 12-inch square.
7. Cut dough into 1 1/2-inch-wide strips and roll a strip around middle of a frankfurter until dough just overlaps.
8. Cut pig-in-blanket free from strip and make 19 more pigs-in-blankets in same manner, arranging them, seam sides down, as they are made on prepared baking sheet.
9. Pigs-in-blankets may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
10. Bake pigs-in-blankets in upper third of oven until pale golden, about 15 minutes.
11. Makes 20 pigs-in-blankets.

flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, toasted wheat germ, vegetable shortening, buttermilk, egg yolk, frankfurters

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pigs-in-blankets-10176 (may not work)