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Mini Pigs in a Blanket Recipe

Mini Pigs in a blanket are some of my favorite party snack and appetizers. Serve them up to your friends at a tailgating party, or enjoy these tasty bites for games night.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 35 pigs in a blanket
Calories: 43 kcal
Course: Appetizer , Snacks
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 Crescent or Puff Pastry Dough Roll *see notes
  • about 35 pieces mini sausages
  • 1 egg
  • sesame seeds Black and/or White

Instructions

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  1. Preheat your oven to 350 Fahrenheit or 180 Celsius.
  2. If you use a pastry roll, slice your dough lengthwise and crosswise to create squares (watch video). The squares should be the size of your sausage. If you are using squares, cut them into half.
  3. Scramble the egg in a bowl. This will be your simple egg wash, and you will use it to seal the edges as well so that the pastry doesn't open up during the baking process.
  4. Next, with a pastry brush, brush the egg wash on one side of each square. This is where you will seal it afterward.
  5. Place on each square a sausage. Take the pastry sausage bundle into your hand and wrap the pastry over the sausage. Seal it on the edge where the egg wash is. It will stick.
  6. Repeat the process to make mini pigs in a blanket.
  7. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place all the pigs in a blanket next to each other with some distance because they will puff during the baking process.
  8. With your brush spread the egg wash over each sausage roll.
  9. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the pigs in a blanket.
  10. Bake for about 20 to 23 minutes at 350 Fahrenheit (180 degree Celsius) or until puffed and golden brown. Keep in mind that crescent rolls won't puff as much as puff pastry roll. I used puff pastry in the video and pictures.
  11. Let them cool a bit. Serve warm with a variety of dipping sauces.

Notes

  • Use a roll of Puff Pastry or Crescent pastry, but you can also use pizza or pie dough. Just keep in mind that puff and crescent pastry will puff a lot, which I think is great but puff pastry crumbles too. I used puff pastry in the pictures and video.
  • Use mini cocktail franks, mini wieners or lil smokies sausages.
  • I like to use white and black sesame seeds because it looks better. Feel free to do it your way.
  • One Pig in a blanket = 1 serving (in the nutritioun info)

Nutrition Information

Serving 19g Calories 43kcal (2%) Carbohydrates 3g (1%) Fat 3g (5%) Cholesterol 5mg (2%) Sodium 29mg (1%) Potassium 7mg (0%) Vitamin A 5IU (0%) Calcium 1mg (0%) Iron 0.2mg (1%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 35pigs in a blanket

Amount Per Serving

Calories 43

% Daily Value*

Serving 19g
Calories 43kcal 2%
Carbohydrates 3g 1%
Fat 3g 5%
Cholesterol 5mg 2%
Sodium 29mg 1%
Potassium 7mg 0%
Vitamin A 5IU 0%
Calcium 1mg 0%
Iron 0.2mg 1%

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