These easy to make, 4 ingredient Breakfast Corn Dogs are a kid favorite combination of pancakes and sausage!

The Keys to Ease 

There a couple of key things that help this recipe not turn into a kitchen disaster.  They are also pretty common items (in our house at least): a cup and toothpicks. To make a more traditional corn dog, stick the popsicle sticks about halfway into one end of the sausages before baking.  The problem here is that I, personally, seem to never have popsicle sticks in the house when we want them.  So, we’ve found that toothpicks work just as good, if not better, and are easier to handle in the fryer.  We stick the tooth picks in the sausages, dredge and batter, then slide them off of the toothpick and into the fryer.  Out comes little golden dippers comparable to the mini freezer corn dogs you can get at the store.

After mixing the pancake batter, pour it into a cup for dipping. This is WAY easier than using the mixing bowl.  Simply take the dredged sausage on a stick and dunk it into the cup, being sure to slightly twist as you remove it from the batter.  As the amount of batter lessens, just refill the cup. 

The Ingredients

Pretty much any breakfast sausage link and pancake mix will work here but we definitely have our favorites.  For this recipe, maple sausage links are the best! I mean they’re dipped in pancake batter so it only makes sense, right? As far as the pancake mix goes, the below recipe uses the instructions from the Krusteaz Protein Pancake Mix box. Like I said, though, pretty much any mix will work.  Just make sure that the batter isn’t too runny! We usually start with 4 servings, according to the nutrition facts on the back of the box, and end up with 1-2 pancakes worth of batter left in the cup when all is said and done. 

Easy Breakfast Corn Dogs

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups water
• 2 cups Krusteaz Protein pancake mix
• 1 package maple sausage links
• oil for frying

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and the oil in fryer to 350.
2. Place the sausages on a roasting pan and bake for approximately 10 minutes. Turn the links over and bake for an additional ten minutes. Remove and let cool.
3. Mix your choice of pancake mix per the package instructions and pour some extra dry mix on a plate for dredging.
4. Stick toothpicks about halfway into the sausage link through one end. Roll the sausage in the dry pancake mix, then dip into the pancake batter (using your preferred method from above). Make sure that the sausage is fully coated. Drop in the fryer until golden (2-3 min).
5. Enjoy with your favorite syrup.

Notes

Required: Deep fryer, roasting pan, Popsicle sticks or toothpicks

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 3 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 301Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 758mgCarbohydrates: 47gFiber: 2gSugar: 10gProtein: 8g

may vary depending on your choice of ingredients