Pastry Wrapped Hotdogs

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm milk
• 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
• 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 hotdogs
• butter for brushing on top

Directions

1. Pour the warm milk into a large bowl and sprinkle with the yeast. Let it sit for about 2 minutes.
2. Mix in the sugar and 1 cup of flour.
3. Stir butter into the mixture.
4. Add the remaining flour and salt. Mix to form a slightly sticky dough.
5. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes, until the dough is smooth but still slightly sticky.
6. Shape the dough into a ball, place in a lightly greased bowl, cover and place it in a warm place to rise until the dough doubles about 1 hour.
7. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
8. Punch the dough down and turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
9. Divide the dough into 8 pieces. Roll and stretch each piece into a 12-18 inch rope.
10. Wrap each bread rope around a hot dog.
11. Place hot dog wraps on a baking sheet and brush tops with butter
12. Bake 8-10 minutes, until tops are golden brown.