May the Fourth be with you!

Yes, we are a dorky Star Wars family! I had planned on being super fun and making a whole themed dinner, including these Princess Leia cupcakes, but sadly, Esther has a stomach bug. The kid loves cake...it would just be rude to make them and for her to not be able to enjoy them.

But, people still need to eat dinner at some point, so no need to throw all the fun out the window. Esther will be forcing down some saltines and 7-Up, while the rest of us get our nerd on. This recipe isn't vegan or even healthy at all! But at least it's dairy and gluten free.

I call these bad boys "Han Solo Hot Dogs in Cornbread Carbonite."

My friend Marla made the Pioneer Woman version of these and they were great, but not gluten free. So I stole her idea and used this GF cornbread recipe. Instead of the flour mixture, I used King George GF flour.

I put little hot dog pieces in a mini muffin tray (sprayed with Pam, which has soy in it...boo.) After putting the hot dogs in I realized, duh, it would be a good idea to put some of the batter in, then the hot dogs, then more batter.

I baked them at 400 until they were golden, which seemed to take forever! You'd think teeny tiny muffins would bake quickly, but it was well over 20 minutes.

Anyway, here they are in their glory!

I must say, they were pretty tasty! They didn't taste gluten free, but the cornbread was a little dry. I'd rather have dry than mushy/gummy though. In this case, just add ketchup and mustard, but for regular cornbread...you can never have too much butter and honey!