This Pigs In A Blanket Recipe is my favorite game day classic appetizer. They’re a 2 ingredient recipe the entire family loves – perfect as an appetizer or even as dinner!
Favorite Pigs in a Blanket Recipe
What can be said about pigs in a blanket? They’re little sausages wrapped in flaky, buttery crescent roll dough and baked til golden brown. With ingredients so simply yummy, the only thing that could make this snack better is to cook them to perfection. Here are just a few little tips that can bring your pigs in a blanket from “just yummy” to “oh-my-god-these-are-so-addictive!”
I love making these as an appetizer for any sporting event or holiday! They always the first to go and everyone loves them – especially the kids!
Just 2 Ingredients Needed
- Crescent dough: You’ll need 2 cans of 8 Crescent Rolls (store-bought, canned).
- Little Smokies: These are little mini sausages – you can use any brand or flavor (beef, turkey, or pork), or even mini hot dogs or cocktail sausages.
Variations
- Brush each crescent roll with egg wash and sprinkle with Everything Bagel Seasoning.
- Brush with egg wash and coat with Italian seasoning.
- Bush with egg wash and coat with poppy seeds or sesame seeds.
- Brush with melted butter or garlic butter when they come out of the oven.
- Add small slices of American cheese or cheddar cheese into the rolled up dough with the sausage.
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How to Make Pigs in a Blanket
- Unroll the crescent roll sheets and separate the triangles. Slice each triangle into 3 pieces.
- Roll up one little sausage in each triangle.
- Place pigs in a blanket on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake until golden brown.
Expert Tips
- We serve them with ketchup or mustard but you could also use ranch dressing, BBQ sauce, honey mustard, dijon mustard, or any dipping sauce you like.
- They’re done baking when they’re nice and golden brown on top.
Storage & Make Ahead
You can make these ahead of time up to 24 hours. Cover cookie sheets with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to bake. You can freeze them unbaked as well in a single layer in an airtight container. You can bake pigs in a blanket thawed or bake from frozen. Leftovers should be refrigerated or frozen.
FAQs
To prevent sogginess, pat the sausages dry with a paper towel before rolling them up.
Pigs in a Blanket Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 8-ounce tubes of crescent rolls
- 1 14-ounce package little smokies
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- On a cutting board covered with parchment paper, unroll crescent roll sheets. They are perforated into triangles. Carefully pull the triangles apart and cut each one into three smaller triangles. Then pre-heat oven to 375°F.
- At the thick end of the dough place one little smokie and roll them gently until you reach the pointed end of the triangle and pinch the dough in place
- Use a large cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Place the rolled up little smokies on the cookie sheet in a single layer. Lightly spray with cooking spray. Cook 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Check them after 7 minutes and rotate the pan 180°.
- Serve hot.
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Recipe Notes
- I love making these ahead of time – just refrigerate them until ready to bake.
- We serve them with ketchup or mustard but you could also use ranch dressing or BBQ sauce.
- They’re done baking when they’re nice and golden brown on top.
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Perfect recipe for pigs in a blanket. I made these for the Super Bowl and they were so easy and super tasty. Thanks for a great recipe!
These are very good.
These are fabulous. We really enjoyed them.
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