Homemade Corn Dogs

Homemade Corn Dogs is another family favorite recipe.
*This recipe makes 8 to 16 corn dogs*

Here is a list of equipment I used:
Fry-daddy
A wide mouthed quart jar (works great to cover the whole corn dog)
Tongs
Wooden popsicle sticks

Ingredients:

1 cup sifted flour
2 T. sugar
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2/3 cup corn meal
2 t. shortening
1 egg
¾ cup milk

In a medium bowl: Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cornmeal together with shortening. Then add egg and milk. Pour into a wide mouth quart jar. Place the hot dogs on sticks (popsicle sticks work great). Insert the sticks in the hot dogs until half the stick is still showing.

Dip the hot dogs into the batter, twirling as you lift them out to prevent the sticks from coming out and to evenly remove excess batter.

(note: if you take too long and the batter starts to thicken, just add more milk)
Make sure that the hot dogs are completely dry (I cannot stress this enough - it's the key to getting the batter to stick to the hot dogs).

Directions
Heat oil in a fryer to about 350 degrees. Place 2 or 3 corn dogs into the hot oil and fry for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. If your oil is too hot, the outsides will burn and the batter closest to the hot dogs will remain doughy. Remove with tongs.

Ingredients: popsicle sticks, hot dogs, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, corn meal, shortening, egg and milk.