Pigs-in-Blankets

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 375F.
2. 2
   and grease a large baking sheet.
3. 3
   In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and wheat germ.
4. 4
   Blend in shortening with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. 5
   In a small bowl whisk together buttermilk or yogurt and yolk and stir into flour mixture, stirring until mixture just forms a moist dough.
6. 6
   Knead dough 4 times on a floured surface and with a floured rolling pin roll out into a 12-inch square.
7. 7
   Cut dough into 1 1/2-inch-wide strips and roll a strip around middle of a frankfurter until dough just overlaps.
8. 8
   Cut pig-in-blanket free from strip and make 19 more pigs-in-blankets in same manner, arranging them, seam sides down, as they are made on prepared baking sheet.
9. 9
   Pigs-in-blankets may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
10. 10
    Bake pigs-in-blankets in upper third of oven until pale golden, about 15 minutes.
11. 11
    Makes 20 pigs-in-blankets.