Bacon Weenies Dairy-Free
Dairy, egg, and even wheat-free, this appetizer is super allergy-friendly.
It's always requested for our family gatherings, and the kids love them.
The only bad news is that I come home with an empty crock pot with no leftovers.
See the easy recipe below!
One of my crafty pals used to share bacon wrapped weenies at our annual scrapbooking events, and boy are they delicious!
But when we became a food allergy family, I was certain these were out of the question for us.
After all, our allergist told us to be safe about sausage products.
But once again, in true allergy mom fashion...I decided to think outside the box and came up with a way to make these for my son with anaphylactic milk allergy.
Good thing I did because they are his favorite now!
Instead of little smoked weenies, I used dairy-free hot dogs that worked for our allergies.
They tasted absolutely perfect, as good as the original.
Check labels on the hot dogs because ingredients can always change.
These make a great appetizer for parties.
Christmas, New Year's, Super Bowl. My kids want them for everything.
Thankfully, nobody notices that we use hot dogs instead of sausage.
And it's fantastic that you can finish these off in a slow cooker, having them hot and available all night long for your get-together.
See the easy recipe below.
BACON WEENIES RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
1 pound bacon
2 packages Hebrew National hot dogs (double-check labels)
brown sugar
DIRECTIONS
Cover a large cookie sheet securely with foil.
Cut the bacon strips into thirds.
Cut hot dogs into quarters.
Wrap hot dogs with bacon and close each with toothpick. Omitting toothpicks is fine, just put bacon seam on the bottom of cookie sheet.
Pack hot dogs tight on a cookie sheet.
Cook in oven at 350 until the bacon is about half cooked, around 30 minutes. Check at 20 minutes.
Remove from oven when bacon is about half cooked.
Sprinkle liberally with brown sugar.
Bake them another 30-45 minutes or until bacon reaches desired crispness. Check at 20 minutes.
One the bacon reached desired crispiness, you can keep them in a slow cooker on warm for your party guests.
Hope you love these dairy-free bacon wrapped weenies as much as we do!
You can save these bacon weenies for later on Pinterest.
And you can see more dairy-free appetizers here!
This was originally posted in January 2013.
YUM!
Hi Grace and welcome! I always love to hear that the blog is helpful. We enjoy keeping in up for our own reference and in hopes that others can gain from our experience. What are the symptoms that make you think your son is "not doing well"? Without knowing the symptoms, I am thinking possibly meet with your pediatrician and address your concerns. Hopefully the doctor would agree to refer to an allergist and have your baby tested for food allergies. It's better to be proactive and test now than to wait for a bad reaction to test. Reactions can vary each time, usually getting worse with each one. I know a mom who waited awhile...but she had a hunch...and finally it pretty bad and the tests came out as she suspected. As far as I know, avoidance is better for chances to outgrow. So find out now so you can start cutting it out if you need to. Mom's hunches are usually pretty good. But I would want medical proof. If it's serious, you will need an epi pen and support from an allergist. Hopefully this is not the case. But it's worth finding out. Sorry, I'm rambling. Keep us posted!
Oh my goodness... I haven't even read anything yet, but I am going to, and I will absolutely be following this blog. Why? Because your label archive is to die for!!! I am going to do a complete overhaul on my labeling and use my take on your format. Very organized! Can't wait to read and learn =)
I made the jump from My Montessori Journey when I saw your blog title. I am becoming concerned that my son is not handling his transition to cow's milk very well. I still breastfeed, although at over a year old, it's definitely for comfort at this point which is fine by me. We've been supplementing with formula for a while now. And we began cutting it with milk weeks ago, but since we switched over to whole milk sans the formula he is just NOT doing well.
Do you have any suggestions?
Yum. My guys will love this when watching hockey. What a simple, yet taste treat that looks like it would take no time at all to make.
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