Easy Pigs in a Blanket (Air Fryer or Oven)
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5.0
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Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
15 mins
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Servings
8 -10 servings
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Calories
206 kcal
Easy Pigs in a Blanket (Air Fryer or Oven)
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This easy Pigs in a Blanket Recipe includes savory cocktail sausages wrapped in buttery crescent rolls cooked quickly in the air fryer or oven. Plus, we have three different dipping sauces for you to try!
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Ingredients
- 8 ounce refrigerated crescent roll dough I like Organic canned crescent roll dough
- 14 ounce cocktail-sized smoked sausages I used uncured, no nitrates or nitrates, Lil Smokies work great too
Optional Ingredients
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 tablespoon water
Honey Mustard Sauce (optional sauce)
- 1/4 cup honey I use locally sourced honey
- 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar
- pinch cayenne pepper
Quick Barbecue Ranch Dressing (optional sauce)
- 3/4 cup ranch dressing use homemade or your favorite store bought brand.
- 1/3 cup barbecue sauce use homemade or your favorite brand, or swap with salsa if preferred
Spicy Blue Cheese Dip (optional sauce)
- 1/2 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Sriracha sauce or use Chile sauce or your favorite hot sauce, Buffalo hot sauce yummy too
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbled
Instructions
- Make some quick homemade dipping sauces, or just use store bought, barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, blue cheese, honey mustard or plain ol’ ketchup and mustard!
Honey Mustard Sauce
- Stir together in a small bowl, honey, Dijon mustard, mayo, lemon juice and pinch of cayenne pepper. Stir until smooth, refrigerate until ready to use.
Quick Barbecue Ranch Dressing
- Stir together ranch dressing and your favorite barbecue sauce until combined. Or try using the same amount of salsa in place of the barbecue sauce for salsa ranch dressing. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Spicy Blue Cheese Dip
- Whisk or stir together sour cream, mayo, hot sauce, salt until smooth and combined. Stir in blue cheese crumbles, refrigerate until ready to serve.
Pigs in the Blanket
- Unroll the crescent roll dough on a lightly floured surface, separating the dough into 8 triangles, at perforations. Cut each triangle into three or four smaller triangles for a total of 24 triangles. A pizza cutter makes quick work here.You will likely have more little Smokies than you do crescent dough, I cut some of my triangles into fourths to make more.
- Using paper towels, pat dry the cocktail wieners, then place 1 cocktail sausage (cut up hot dogs will also work here) on the widest portion of the triangle and roll towards the pointed end. Dough will overlap, wrapping around the sausage to form a blanket.
- Place seam side down on a parchment lined baking sheet and repeat with remaining sausages.
- If desired, brush the pigs in blankets with an egg wash for a shinier look. Beat the egg with 1 teaspoon of water and brush all over the dough. Sprinkle if desired with seasoning or salt blend.
Air Fryer Pigs in a Blanket Baking Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 350-365 degrees F. Bake the pigs in blankets in the air fryer for about 5 minutes until they are puffed and golden. Depending on your air fryer, you may need to bake them a bit longer. I used the Ninja Foodi XL, and they baked beautifully at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes. Serve with favorite dipping sauces.
Oven Baked Pigs in a Blanket
- First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Next, assemble the pigs in blankets as directed in the air fryer instructions. One by one, place them onto a parchment paper or silicone mat-lined baking sheet with the seam side down.
- Then, bake for 12-15 minutes until they are golden brown on the surface. Serve hot with your favorite dipping sauces
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Notes
- Nutritional information is based on 3 sausages per person without dipping sauces.
- Leave about a ½ inch of space between the individual pigs in a blanket. They do puff and rise some.
- Gluten-Free Crescent Dogs | Check sausages to make sure GF. Then, all you need to do is use a GF crescent roll dough mix, as I have not yet found a canned GF dough.
- Freeze Leftovers | Freeze cooled appetizers in airtight baggie or storage container up to 3 months.
- Refrigerate | Store leftovers in tightly sealed container or baggie in fridge for 5-7 days.
- Reheat | Reheat pigs in a blanket by placing them back in the air fryer for 2 minutes or so at 350 degrees.
- Flash freeze unbaked pigs in a blanket by placing the them on a parchment lined baking sheet in freezer for 1-2 hours. Transfer to a freezer baggie or airtight container, freeze up to 3 months.
- unbaked
- parchment
- Air fry from frozen, preheat air fryer to 350-375 degrees and place frozen pigs seam side down in air fryer basket and cook for 8-10 minutes until golden.
- Oven Baked frozen pigs in a blanket, place on parchment lined baking sheet and cook in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until puffed and golden.
- parchment
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1serving
Calories
206kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
6g
Trans Fat
0.002g
Cholesterol
44mg
(15%)
Sodium
591mg
(25%)
Potassium
76mg
(2%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
27IU
(1%)
Calcium
7mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8-10 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 206 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 206kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Trans Fat | 0.002g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 44mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 591mg | 25% |
| Potassium | 76mg | 2% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 27IU | 1% |
| Calcium | 7mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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