Wrapped in buttery crispy cookie dough and topped with a sweet and spicy glaze these festive hot dogs are as delicious as they are cute.
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4th of July Fireworks Hot Dogs Recipe! | How to Make 4th of July Hot Dogs
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Recipes for firework hot dogs (also called rocket dogs) started popping up on the Internet around 2011. (One of the first to appear appears to be from the now-defunct Family Fun Magazine as a recipe for "rocket dogs" circa 2011.) These social media darlings — hot dogs wrapped in dough and fried until golden brown to resemble little fireworks — are a fun concept for a Fourth of July barbecue or other summer party. But I'll let you in on a secret: While they may look cute they usually don't taste all that great. I set out to change that — and as the recipe below shows I succeeded.
Skip the canned dough and make a quick cookie dough instead. Most firecracker hot dog recipes rely on pre-made doughs for convenience. Typically they call for canned refrigerated cookie dough or croissant dough and a handful of recipes call for pre-made pie crust or breadstick dough. I don’t know if you’ve tried a canned cookie lately but their appeal pretty much begins and ends with opening the can. While it’s an understandable shortcut for a quick and easy dish like this I knew that a cookie dough would be a step up in buttery flavor and flakiness from start to finish and would still be easy to make with just one bowl and a handful of pantry ingredients.
