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Goldfish in a Blanket
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Goldfish in a Blanket

June 8 is World Oceans Day! Celebrate by baking "goldfish in a blanket," a twist on the classic pigs in a blanket, with easy homemade crescent roll dough.

Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 12 rolls
Calories: 204 kcal
Course: Breakfast, Appetizer, Snacks, Bread
Cuisine: Canadian

Ingredients

For the crescent dough
  • 1 tsp instant yeast (3g; equal to ½ packet)
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar (35g)
  • ⅔ cup soy milk 160g; can sub with milk of your choice, homemade
  • ¼ cup vegan butter 55g, or margarine; softened
  • ½ tsp table salt 3g, or 3/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour 260g
For assembling the goldfish
  • 12 vegan cocktail sausage I used Beyond Breakfast Sausage Links, or breakfast sausages

Instructions

Knead the dough
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  1. Add all the dough ingredients (yeast, sugar, soy milk, butter, salt, flour) to the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix together using the dough hook on the lowest speed setting.
  2. Once flour has been fully incorporated, increase speed to the second-lowest setting and knead for 5–8 minutes.
  3. The dough should now be quite soft but not really sticking to the bowl or your hands. Grease the bowl with a little bit of oil and plop the dough in.
  4. Cover (with a lid, damp towel, or plastic wrap) and let rise for 1 hour.
Assemble the goldfish
  1. After an hour's rise, the dough should be doubled or almost doubled in size. Punch it a few times to get rid of some of the air, then turn out onto a work surface.
  2. Shape the dough into a rough log and slice into 12 equal pieces.
  3. Roll each piece out into a flat oval shape. See step-by-step pictures.
  4. Place a sausage in the top-center of each piece of dough.
  5. Using a small knife or bench scraper, slice the dough on either side of the sausage into broad strips. See pictures.
  6. Alternating sides, wrap each dough across the sausage, one over the other, to form a pleated pattern, leaving a few strips of dough at the bottom for a tail.
  7. Fan out the strips at the bottom for a pretty tail!
  8. Spread out each goldfish on a baking sheet, cover, and let rise again for 30 minutes. (They won't grow as much this time.)
  9. Bake the goldfish at 375 °F for 15 minutes or until slightly brown on top.
  10. Move to a cooling rack for ten minutes, then enjoy!

Notes

  • The dough recipe is adapted from Taste of Home's recipe for crescent rolls. I used milk powder, also known as dry milk, because it's convenient, but you can use fresh milk as well. Just swap the water for milk and leave out the powder.
  • If you're unclear on how to fold and shape the goldfish, check out the step-by-step photo guide at the end of this post.

Nutrition Information

Calories 204kcal (10%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12 rolls

Amount Per Serving

Calories 204

% Daily Value*

Calories 204kcal 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.