Pigs in a Blanket (Hot Dog Style)

Here's another easy dish for "sandwich nigh"t at our house.  I also make this with little smokies sausages with no cheese and slice each crescent roll triangle in half for breakfasts or as party appetizers.  By keeping the crescent triangles whole and using hot dogs instead of sausages and adding cheese, this dish is turned into an easy kid-friendly supper.

Makes 8 pigs in a blanket

Ingredients:
*1 can reduced-fat crescent rolls (8 rolls per can)
*2 slices reduced-fat cheddar cheese
*4 all-natural beef hot dog links

Directions:
Preheat oven to designated temperature on crescent roll can.

Place hot dogs on microwavable plate.  Pierce with a fork three times (on ends and in the middle).  Microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds on power level 5 to partially cook them.  Cut each hot dog in half horizontally.

Slice each piece of cheese in half.  Then slice each half in half vertically so that there are now 4 long strips per piece of cheese.

Separate dough into 8 triangles.  Place one piece of cheese in the middle of the dough triangle vertically, running from the base of the triangle up to the point.  Place 1 hot dog link on the larger end of each triangle horizontally (running parallel with the base of the triangle).  Roll up, starting at the big end, the base.  Bake according to crescent roll can directions.*

*Note:  It always takes longer to bake in my oven when I cook something inside the crescents.  You may have to increase your cooking time so that the dough on the bottom gets cooked all the way through.  I usually have to increase the oven temperature by 25 degrees for a couple of minutes at the end.