Lil Smokies Pigs in a Blanket
Lill smokies pigs in a blanket is a classic party appetizer that the whole family will love! Lil' smokies are wrapped in a slightly sweet crescent dough, brushed with butter, and baked until golden brown! An easy 30 minute recipe!
Ingredients
- 8 oz. cans refrigerated crescent rolls 8 count each
- 14 oz. package of cocktail sausages
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 teaspoon flaked sea salt such as Madon’s, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove crescent rolls from packaging and gently unroll, taking care to keep the perforated sheet intact. Press over the seams gently to form a single sheet of crescent roll dough.
- Use a pizza wheel to slice the crescent sheet into four sections and then slice each section into 7 triangles. (The triangles don’t have to be perfect or sized exactly the same - approximate triangles are just fine.)
- Place one cocktail sausage aligned with the wide end of each triangle. Roll up the sausage to form a small crescent roll surrounding the sausage. Place prepared “pigs in a blanket” on the prepared baking sheet.
- Brush the tops of each roll with melted butter and top with a sprinkle of flaked/coarse salt, if desired.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until the crescent rolls are puffed and golden brown.
- Serve hot with ketchup, mustard, and any of your favorite dipping sauces.
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Notes
Storage:
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.
- The salt is optional, but it really adds a nice salty contrast to the sweetness of the crescent roll dough.
- Brushing the pigs in a blanket with melted butter helps them to achieve a nice golden brown color and it also helps the salt stick to the top of the roll.
- One can of crescent dough is enough to cover about 1 full 14 oz. package of sausages. Double, triple, quadruple the recipe as needed - these little snacks go fast!
- Leave a little room between sausages on the baking sheet as the dough does puff up around the sausage and you don’t want them bumping into one another.
- Salted or unsalted butter will work fine to brush over the crescent dough. You could also use an egg wash.
- Some stores sell crescent roll SHEETS - if you can find one of these, you can eliminate the step of pressing the perforated seams together. Simply slice the sheet into 28 small triangles. You can even just cut small strips of the dough, though I like the more traditional crescent roll appearance.
- Don't want to turn on the oven? Use our Air Fryer Pigs in a Blanket recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 295mg | Potassium: 25mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 12IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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