Easy Mummy Hot Dogs With Crescent Dough Arms and Legs
By Olivia Hayes
Prep
20 min
Cook
15 min
Total
35 min
Servings
10
Level
Easy
These mummy hot dogs take 35 minutes from prep to finish, making Halloween dinner or an appetizer manageable on a busy night. Hot dogs with cut-out arms and legs are wound in crescent dough strips, then baked to a golden-brown crust with a playful mummy shape.
The recipe starts with 10 hot dogs and one roll of crescent dough. Cutting the hot dogs into two arms and two legs before wrapping creates the figure-like outline; this shaping is optional, but it gives the finished pieces their separated limbs. Unrolled dough is sliced into thin strips, and a knife with a sawing motion or a rolling pizza cutter helps make the narrow pieces.
Work one dough strip at a time, wrapping the body and then the arms and legs separately before transferring each mummy to a lightly greased baking sheet. Repeat until every hot dog is covered. The useful visual cue is a crust that has turned golden brown and is cooked through after baking. The common trouble spot is crowding the limbs with dough, which hides their separation.
Let the baked hot dogs cool slightly before serving. The article serves them with ketchup and mustard, which can be set out alongside the tray for dipping. One roll is reported to wrap 10 mummy dogs comfortably; using less dough per hot dog may reach 12.
Why you'll love this recipe
- Saves weeknight planning with just two listed ingredients, because hot dogs and one roll of crescent dough make the complete recipe.
- Keeps prep straightforward because cutting each hot dog into arms and legs gives the shape before any dough wrapping begins.
- Uses an ordinary baking sheet rather than special equipment, since the dough strips are cut with a knife or pizza cutter.
- Feeds ten people from one dough roll, with the source noting that lighter wrapping can stretch a package toward twelve.
- Makes party scaling simple because the source specifically recommends doubling or tripling both ingredients when more mummy dogs are needed for guests.
- Avoids complicated decorating because separated dough-wrapped arms and legs create the mummy look without additional listed toppings or tools at home.
Ingredients
- •10 hot dogs
- •1 roll crescent dough
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- 2
Cut each hot dog to form two arms and two legs, then set aside.
- 3
Lightly grease a baking sheet.
- 4
Unroll the crescent dough onto a cutting board.
- 5
Cut the dough into thin strips.
- 6
Wrap one dough strip at a time around each cut hot dog, wrapping the arms and legs separately from the body.
- 7
Place each wrapped mummy hot dog on the greased baking sheet and repeat with the remaining hot dogs.
- 8
Bake for 15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and cooked through.
- 9
Remove from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes before serving.
FAQ
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories
172
Protein
6g
Fat
15g
Carbs
4g
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