What is it about kids and hot dogs? I just don’t see the attraction! {ha}. My boys love them, so I set out to create a lunch that was hot dog related and semi-healthy. To continue with my kids fun week I’m sharing my semi-healthy recipe that you can adapt to make pigs in a blanket as well.  I used this healthy crescent roll recipe as a base and  added nitrate free hot dogs. Even with these modifications I hesitate to say this is a healthy lunch, so no judging, ok? Let’s start with the healthy crescent roll recipe.

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Healthy Crescent Roll Recipe

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Ingredients

• {adapted from www.homecookingadventure.com}
• 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flou
• 1 TBS yeast
• 1/3 cup water
• 3/4 skim milk
• 1 1/2 TBS sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 TBS butter or margarine softened
• butter flavored cooking spray {like PAM}

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix the flour sugar and salt. Dissolve the yeast in the 1/3 cup water {warm} and add it to the flour mix. Add the eggs and milk and mix together. Add the butter and knead until smooth and soft. Cover with a towel and rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hr.
2. Punch down dough and divide in two. Form into a ball and roll into a round 16-17 inch circle with a rolling pin. Spray with PAM butter flavored spray { or use real butter}. Cut with a knife into 16 triangle wedges {like slicing a pizza} Do the same with the second ball of dough.
3. Roll the triangles from the wide side to the small side and place on a greased baking tray.
4. For pigs in a blanket add a 1/2 a hot dog to each wedge before you roll.
5. Let rise for another 20 min. Spray with baking spray before placing in oven.
6. Heat oven to 400F {200C} and bake for 14-18 min. or golden brown. Cool on a wire rack before serving.

We ate the regular crescent rolls for dinner one evening with some soup, and then I took the hot dog rolls with us on a park and picnic morning. My kids thought these were pretty tasty and ate them right up. Even room temperature they were a hit. With the whole wheat flour and lack of nitrates in the all beef hot dogs, I think this is a lunch I can feel okay about feeding my kids every once in awhile. They certainly were eaten up fast, so its probably time for another batch. They do store and are fine the next day as well. Here are a few other of my favorite bread recipes: You can click the photo to check out any of these other delicious {and healthy} bread recipes.