Surprise Barbecue Hot Dogs

Description

A family favorite for years. My mother learned this baked hot dog recipe in the Girl Scouts in the 1950’s.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ¾ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 4 hot dogs
  • ½ (8 ounce) package processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®), cubed, or to taste
  • 4 hot dog buns
  • 4 sheets aluminum foil

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion and brown sugar and cook until onion is soft but not yet brown
  3. about 5 minutes. Add ketchup
  4. mustard
  5. and Worcestershire sauce; bring to a simmer. Remove from heat.
  6. Cut a slit through each hot dog and fill with cubes of cheese food. Place dogs in buns and cover meat with onion sauce
  7. about 3 tablespoons each. Wrap in aluminum foil.
  8. Bake in the preheated oven until piping hot throughout
  9. about 15 minutes.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 4

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