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The how2heroes team shows some John Madden-type enthusiasm here. An easy-to-make dough blankets tasty beef, pork and turkey wieners. Assemble and freeze them to have on-hand, but even better, roll 'em up and after a quick trip in the oven, they're ready to dip in mustard, ketchup, grape jelly or a combination of condiments. Ready? Break!

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Dough yields enough for 72 appetizers

Ingredients

Blankets

2¼ cups flour + extra for work surface & hands
pinch of salt
1 stick butter, room temperature, cut into pieces
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature, cut into pieces
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 tbsp cold water
bowl of water for sealing dough "blankets"

Pigs

2 pkgs (3½ doz) beef, pork or turkey cocktail wieners

Dipping Sauce Suggestions

Dijon mustard; Dijon mustard mixed with grape jelly; ketchup with chipotle flakes

How-to

Make the Dough

In a food processor, add flour, salt, butter and cream cheese. Pulse until ingredients come together (do not overwork) and a crumbly texture is reached. This can also be done in a large bowl using a fork to mix the dough)
Add slightly beaten eggs and cold water to flour mixture. Pulse to combine
Turn dough onto lightly floured work surface. Flour your hands to keep the dough from sticking to them and knead dough until smooth
Dust sheet of plastic wrap with flour. Place dough on top, dust with flour, then wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes

Wrap & Bake

Preheat oven to 350º
Remove dough from plastic wrap and work with somewhat small pieces at a time. Flour work surface and rolling pin. Roll dough out to about 5½" wide. Trim sides and top for clean margins. Slice down the middle lengthwise to make 2 rows. Then slice through the 2 layers, a bit shorter than the length of the wieners, for individual "blankets"
Wrap wieners in dough and seal edges with a small amount of water, place sealed side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes. Serve with a variety of dipping sauces

To Freeze: Place on cookie sheet in a single layer. Once frozen, remove from cookie sheet and store in freezer bag. When ready to bake right from the freezer, bake for 35 minutes

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Comments (3)

Posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at 8:42 pm by Carol Viera:

Haha! Great fun and simple, yummy game food!
Posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at 1:16 pm by Sue:

Pigs in a blanket, and hams in front of a camera. :) I loved it!! Can't wait to make these for the big game.
Posted Monday, January 25, 2010, at 8:28 pm by Bea Viera:

Superbowl Sunday appetizer presented with humor and great instructions!

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