Homemade Pigs in a Blanket
The ultimate 15-minute appetizer! These flaky pigs in a blanket use crescent dough, a golden egg wash, and a savory garlic butter finish. Perfect for game day, easy entertaining, or a kid-friendly snack that actually tastes gourmet.
Servings: 24 pieces
Calories: 87kcal
Ingredients
- 1 (12 to 14-oz) package smoked cocktail sausages
- 1 (8-oz) can refrigerated crescent roll dough
- Dijon mustard or spicy brown mustard optional
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1 large egg
- coarse salt sesame seeds, poppy seeds, everything but the bagel seasoning, parmesan… optional and to taste
- 2 tablespoons garlic butter melted (OR regular butter)
- favorite dipping sauces to serve
Instructions
- Prep: Heat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment.
- Prepare sausages: Remove the sausages from their packaging and pat dry using paper towels. Set aside.1 (12 to 14-oz) package smoked cocktail sausages
- Prepare dough: Unroll the refrigerated crescent roll dough on a clean surface you can cut on. Separate the dough into triangles along the perforated seams. If you want, brush each triangle THINLY with mustard for some extra flavor. Use a pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut each triangle lengthwise into 3 thin triangles, 24 in total.1 (8-oz) can refrigerated crescent roll dough, Dijon mustard or spicy brown mustard
- Assemble: Place a cocktail sausage at the wider end of a dough triangle and roll up towards the pointy end. You want the dough to overlap in the middle and the ends of each sausage exposed. Place on the prepared baking sheet, seam down. Repeat with the remaining sausages and dough.
- Egg wash: Whisk together the water and the egg. Lightly brush the tops of the dough. You can sprinkle them with salt or your favorite topping, or leave them plain.1 teaspoon water, 1 large egg, coarse salt
- Bake: Bake on the middle rack until the dough is puffed up and golden brown - about 12-15 minutes.
- Brush with butter: While the pigs in blanket are in the oven, melt the garlic butter or regular butter. Once they are out of the oven, immediately brush lightly with melted butter (if you used seeds to sprinkle on, just lightly dab on the butter.)2 tablespoons garlic butter
- Serve: Serve warm with your favorite dipping sauces.favorite dipping sauces
Notes
My kids refuse to eat these with any seeds sprinkle on 😂 but if you think it will help with the interest in the photos you could leave some plain and sprinkle some with different toppings!
I highly recommend using garlic butter!
We usually use ketchup and honey mustard for dipping, but if you have any other ideas - go for it.
Make sure you bake them long enough so the look golden, and not too pale.
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece (no toppings, no dips) | Calories: 87kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 236mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 0.03g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 39IU | Vitamin C: 0.003mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.3mg