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    Mini Pigs in a Blanket

    Published: Jan 18, 2019 Β· Modified: Oct 7, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Mini Pigs in a blanket are some of my favorite party appetizers, Serve them up to your friends at a tailgating party or enjoy these tasty bites while watching the great super bowl game. Pick a dipping sauce and let's get going!
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    35 pigs in a blanket
    4.50 from 4 votes
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    Mini Pigs in a Blanket

    Mini Pigs in a blanket are my addiction!

    This party appetizer snack keeps kids and adults alike happy.

    My easy pigs in a blanket are prepared within minutes and look great with sesame.

    Watch the quick video below to make your own cocktail wieners wrapped in crescent rolls.

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    • πŸ“• What are pigs in a blanket?
    • πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Origins
    • ⁉️ Why are they called like that?
    • πŸ”ͺ How to make it?
    • πŸ“œ Variations
    • πŸ‘οΈ Dipping sauces
    • πŸ“– Recipe
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    πŸ“• What are pigs in a blanket?

    Pigs in a blanket are Wiener Frank Sausages wrapped in dough.

    These are then baked and usually enjoyed as a snack or party appetizer.

    Usually, puff pastry or crescent dough is used to wrap in the sausage.

    Some people prefer to use pizza dough.

    Mini Pigs in a blanket are made of mini franks, lil smokies.

    They are smaller in size and can be enjoyed in one bite with a pigs in a blanket dipping sauce such as a yum yum sauce.

    Often while, pigs in a blanket are associated with kids food.

    I beg to differ because as a millennial I will happily have my lil smokies in a blanket while on the PlayStation or on Netflix.

    Other names for Pigs in a blanket appetizer

    Pigs in a blanket are also known as pugs in a blanket, mini crescent dogs, cocktail wieners wrapped in crescent rolls, lil smokies in a blanket, crescent mini hot dogs and little smokies pigs in a blanket.

    Mini Pigs in a Blanket

    πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Origins

    Pigs in a blanket are a carnival specialty from the German region of Nordreihn-Westfalen.

    In german pigs in a blanket are known as WΓΌrstchen in Schlafrock or WΓΌrstchen im Teigmantel.  (Schlafrock means dressing gown/sleeping pajama)

    People would consume the pigs in a blanket during ash Wednesday.

    The pastry dough would hide the sausage inside so people would try to cheat the first lent fasting day by "sinning" with hidden hot dogs.

    I bet that's how everyone kept quite whenever the church came up with another stricter lent season law!

    Keep calm and munch on your hidden sausages covered by a pastry blanket.

    Mini Pigs in a Blanket

    The son of the guy who invented the Wiener Sauage (aka Sausage form Vienna) made the pigs in a blanket popular in Vienna around 1900.

    Ironically these turned into hot dogs at some point.

    Next time you visit Vienna, go and grab a hot dog!

    Those are the best.

    The American pigs in a blanket as we know picked up in popularity in the US and now thanks to Pinterest, the rest of the world is drooling, baking and cocktail wieners wrapped in crescent or puff pastry rolls.

    Mini Pigs in a Blanket

    ⁉️ Why are they called like that?

    The sausages are mostly wiener franks and made of pork (and maybe beef).

    Pigs in a  blanket is a fun creative name.

    Someone really loved them so much that they saw little piglets wrapped under a blanket.

    It also indicated that these mini crescent dogs came from a German food tradition.

    Pigs, Sausages and puff pastry are a common appearance in central Europe.

    In fact, pigs are considered good luck.

    So, there might be a deeper connection there.

    Food traditions and history tend to get scrambled.

    πŸ”ͺ How to make it?

    Step 1

    Roll out dough and cut out squares.

    cut rooled out dough into squares

    Step 2

    Scramble an egg in a bowl and spread on one side of each square

    Place a mini sausage in each square.

    Scramble raw egg coat on one side and place a sausage on each square.

    Step 3

    Roll each sausage in and seal.

    Place pigs in a blanket on a baking sheet with some distance between each.

    Roll in each sausage and place next to each other on a baking sheet

    Step 4

    Spread scrambled raw egg over that and sprinkle sesame seeds over that.

    Bake!

    Spread raw scrambled eg over each mini pig and sprinkle sesame over that. Bake.

    πŸ“œ Variations

    Add the following to your pigs in a blanket before you roll them in and bake the piglets.

    1. Cheese grated or slices cut small. I like cheddar or raclette cheese
    2. Mustard - Dijon mustard or horseradish mustard
    3. Bacon
    4. Jalapenos

    Or instead of crescent/puff pastry dough use:

    1. Pizza dough
    2. Pie dough

    πŸ‘οΈ Dipping sauces

    • Whole grain mustard (traditional Dijon)
    • Spicy Mayonnaise
    • Maple Mustard Sauce by sugarandsoul.co

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    Mini Pigs in a blanket are some of my favorite party appetizers, Serve them up to your friends at a tailgating party or enjoy these tasty bites while watching the great super bowl game. Pick a dipping sauce and let's get going!
    4.50 from 4 votes
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    Course: Appetizer, Snack
    Cuisine: American
    easy, puff pastry, sausage
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 35 pigs in a blanket
    Calories: 43kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1 Crescent or Puff Pastry dough roll *see notes
    • about 35 pieces Mini Sausages
    • 1 Egg
    • Sesame Seeds
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Roll out your Pastry dough with some flour into a large rectangle. The dough should be about β…› of an inch thick or 3-4 mm. Make sure you have rolled out the dough evenly on all sides.
    • Preheat your oven to 350 Fahrenheit or 180 Celsius.
    • Cut off the edges if uneven. Slice your dough lengthwise and crosswise to create squares (watch video). The squares should be the size of your sausage.
    • 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.
    • Next, with a pastry brush, brush the egg wash on one side of each square. This is where you will seal it afterward.
    • 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.
    • Repeat the process to make mini pigs in a blanket.
    • 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.
    • With your brush spread the egg wash over each sausage roll.
    • Sprinkle sesame seeds over the pigs in a blanket.
    • Bake for about 15-20 minutes, until puffed and golden brown.
    • Let them cool a bit. Serve warm with a variety of dipping sauces.

    Notes

    1. 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.
    2. Use mini cocktail franks, mini wieners or lil smokies sausages.
    3. I like to use white and black sesame seeds because it looks better. Feel free to do it your way.
    4. One Pig in a blanket = 1 serving (in the nutritioun info)

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Mini Pigs in a Blanket Recipe
    Amount Per Serving (19 g)
    Calories 43 Calories from Fat 27
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 3g5%
    Cholesterol 5mg2%
    Sodium 29mg1%
    Potassium 7mg0%
    Carbohydrates 3g1%
    Vitamin A 5IU0%
    Calcium 1mg0%
    Iron 0.2mg1%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Gloria Schadt says

      July 22, 2021 at 12:19 pm

      can i freeze these before i bake them for later use?

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        July 22, 2021 at 4:23 pm

        Yes, you can. Just prep as instructed, then freeze. When you want to bake them, just place them directly frozen into the oven and bake them as per baking time + 10-15 minutes added to that (because they are frozen)

        Reply
    2. Connie Rosario says

      December 28, 2020 at 4:58 am

      Puff pastry usually requires 400Β° heat to steam the butter to make the flakey layers. At 350Β° the pastry didn't cook through those I had to give it another 10 minutes at 400Β°.

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      • Helene Dsouza says

        December 29, 2020 at 2:53 pm

        Which puff pastry are you using, store-bought or homemade? We always bake ours at 350F/180C. Even my french grandma in France used to bake croissants at 350F/180C.

        Reply
    3. Debbie says

      September 06, 2019 at 5:04 pm

      5 stars
      Thanks for sharing your fabulous recipe ..YUMM!!

      Reply
    4. Karly says

      January 30, 2019 at 9:53 pm

      These look amazing!! I would love to try them! Pinning.

      Reply
    5. Elda says

      January 18, 2019 at 3:17 pm

      Do you mind sharing the brand of little weiners u used? Thx

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        January 25, 2019 at 12:34 pm

        You can get these small franks.

        Reply

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