Monday, July 24, 2023

Corn Dog Recipe!


This recipe is from some friends of mine who I came to know as a teenager. My family threw an annual county fair themed party when I was young. My family and many of our friends were heavily involved in the local 4-H county fair. After the fair had concluded my parents held a party for our friends that we called The Survival Of The Fair Party. The food that we made for the party was all the fair foods that we were too cheap to buy during the actual fair. I don't blame my parents for not buying us children fair food. There were 8 of us at the time and it would have cost them an arm and a leg to feed us all at fair prices. I can only remember eating an elephant ear from the fair one time and we had to split it up between us all.

That doesn't mean we were deprived, though. Mom could make us dozens of elephant ears at home for the price of one fair-priced-elephant-ear, and she did!
During the Survival Of The Fair Party we feasted on corn dogs, pork tenderloin sandwiches, Philly steak and sausage sandwiches, perogies, lemon shake ups, funnel cakes, and elephant ears! Everything was delicious! 

This is the corn dog recipe that we used.
One of our friends gave us this recipe to use for the Survival Of The Fair Party so this recipe bears their name. 

Whitesell's Corn Dog Recipe 
1 egg
1/2 c. milk
1 c. Bisquick (or into a 1 c. measurer add 2 t. baking powder, 2 t. sugar, 1/2 t. salt then fill the measuring cup the rest of the way with flour.)
2 TBS. cornmeal
1/2 t. dry mustard
1/4 t. paprika
1/8 t. pepper
3 TBS. sugar
1 lb. hot dogs
Mix the batter ingredients together.
Pat the hot dogs dry with a towel or paper towel.
Pour the batter into a tall glass or drinking cup. Using wooden skewers dip the hot dogs into the batter.
Deep fry at 375° F. until golden brown.

For mini corn dog bites:
Cut the dried off hot dogs into 1/4ers.
Using a fork dip each hotdog piece into the batter and then slide it off of the fork into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towel before serving.



2 comments:

Amy said...

Looks delicious! I've never tried making homemade corndogs, but I think it might be a fun thing to try soon!

Sister in the Mid-west said...

Thank you, Amy! I hope you have fun with this recipe.