In this Instructable, I am going to show you how to make breakfast corn dogs. These pancake dogs are really just pancakes and sausage on a stick, haha. There is no cornmeal in them, so "corn dogs" is not really the right term, but they do look like small classic corn dogs. This breakfast corn dogs recipe is so awesome and super easy to make. A nice twist on a classic pancake and sausage breakfast. If I can do it, you can do it, let's get started!

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Follow the easy steps below or watch the video tutorial or do both!

Step 1: Ingredients and Tools

Ingredients:

Pancake batter - Use your favorite pancake batter or my classic American pancakes recipe
Breakfast sausages - I like the Farmer John or Jimmy Dean brand, but you can use whatever brand of breakfast sausage that you like.
Oil for frying - Use vegetable, canola, coconut, shortening, etc.
Maple syrup (optional)
Powdered sugar (optional)

Note: A typical pancake batter recipe will make way too much batter for 8 breakfast corn dogs, so you can just make regular pancakes with the leftovers or just half the recipe or use a quarter of the recipe, depending on how many you want to make.

Tools:

Deep pot
Bowls
Tongs
Bamboo skewers or popsicle sticks
Plate
Paper Towels

Step 2: Brown the Sausages

Begin by cooking/browning the breakfast sausages.

There are a variety of kinds you can use. Just use your favorite breakfast sausages. I like the Farmer John and Jimmy Dean brands.

Place a skillet on a burner and set the heat to medium (350 F/176C). You can use an electric griddle as well. No need to add any oil to the pan.

Add the sausage links and cook them until they are nice and brown. It will take 5 to 10 minutes. The internal temp should be about 165 F. Just so there is no pink on the inside.

*Also at this point take a large deep pot and add an inch to an inch and a half deep of oil to it. Set the burner to medium and allow the oil to heat up to (350 F/176 C)

Step 3: Dry and Stick

Once the sausages are all cooked you can remove them from the heat and place them on paper towels. Dry them really well to soak up the extra grease.

Then once they have cooled a bit, you can use clean hands and stick them with a bamboo skewer or popsicle stick. If you are using bamboo skewers you will need to trim them in half, so they fit in your pot of oil.

Step 4: Make the Pancake Batter

Time to make the pancake batter. Use your favorite homemade pancake batter or a standard store-bought pancake mix or use this pancake recipe of mine.

Then just follow the instructions for whatever recipe you want to use.

Again, this will make way too much batter for 8 to 16 breakfast corndogs. But then again, I eat 6 to 8 of them myself for breakfast, so it all depends on how many you want to make. And you can always just make standard pancakes with any leftover batter.

Now you can dip the sausage on a stick into the pancake batter. You can leave it in the bowl, or pour some batter into a tall glass.

Step 5: Cook the Pancake Dogs

After you dip the dog in the pancake batter gently place it in the hot oil. Don't just drop it in. Lay the top part in the oil and then let go of the stick.

You can add 3 to 5 of them at a time depending on how large your pot is. These cook really fast, it only takes a minute or two for them to get golden brown.

If you need to take your tongs and rotate the breakfast dog so it cooks evenly. Once golden brown, remove them and place them on a plate lined with paper towels.