Best 9 Old Fashioned Pigs In A Blanket Recipes

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Who doesn't like finger food? It's easy to eat, fun to make, and can be taken anywhere. Old fashioned pigs in a blanket, also called mini pigs in a blanket, are the epitome of finger foods. They are the perfect addition to any party platter and are always a crowd-pleaser. Their preparation is simple; all you need is some premade dough, cocktail sausages, and a few other basic ingredients. In this article, we will guide you through the process of making old fashioned pigs in a blanket and provide you with some helpful tips and tricks to make them irresistibly delicious.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

"EVERYTHING" PIGS IN A BLANKET



This quick and easy dough is worth making from scratch, but store-bought biscuit or crescent dough makes a good substitute when you're short on time.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     appetizer

Time 45m

Yield 30 pieces

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 teaspoons poppy seeds
2 teaspoons dried minced garlic
2 teaspoons dried minced onion
2 teaspoons sesame seeds
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Fine salt
4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
2/3 cup whole milk
30 mini cocktail hot dogs, or about 10 regular hot dogs, cut into thirds
1 egg, lightly beaten
Spicy brown mustard, for serving

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Mix together the poppy seeds, garlic, onion and sesame seeds in a small bowl; set aside.
  • Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter and work it into the flour mixture with your fingers until the butter is broken down into very small pea-size pieces. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk. Using a fork, stir the dry ingredients into the wet.
  • Once the dough comes together, knead it gently a couple of times on a well-floured surface. Roll out the dough to a little thinner than 1/8 inch. Cut as many 1 1/2-by-3-inch rectangles as you can. (You should get at least 30 pieces.) Place a mini hot dog onto each rectangle and roll it up, making sure the short ends overlap; seal and arrange seam-side down 2-inches apart on a baking sheet. Brush each dough-wrapped hot dog with the egg and top with 2 generous pinches of the topping.
  • Bake in the oven until golden brown, 17 to 20 minutes. Serve with mustard on the side, for dipping.

PIGS IN A BLANKET



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These baked hot dog sandwiches appeal to kids of all ages. Even my husband, Allan, admits to enjoying every bite! We like to dip them in ketchup and mustard. -Linda Young, Longmont, Colorado

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner

Time 25m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 tube (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls
8 hot dogs
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon water
Caraway seeds

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°. Separate crescent dough into triangles. Place hot dogs at wide ends of triangles and roll up. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Combine egg and water; brush over rolls. Sprinkle caraway over tops; press lightly into rolls. , Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Nutrition Facts :

PIGS IN A BLANKET



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Kids love this one. My mom made it for me as did her mom. If making for a small child, cut the hot dogs into fourths length wise. The cheese is always optional.

Provided by Brandie2134

Categories     Meat and Poultry Recipes     Pork

Time 30m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 3

8 frankfurters
8 slices American processed cheese
1 (10 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Wrap cheese around each frankfurter then the biscuit around that. Put on cookie sheet with the overlap of biscuit faced down, so you don't have to use tooth picks.
  • Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 457.7 calories, Carbohydrate 24.8 g, Cholesterol 57.1 mg, Fat 31.8 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 17.1 g, SaturatedFat 14.3 g, Sodium 1760.4 mg, Sugar 5.2 g

PIGS IN A BLANKET



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For decades, pigs in a blanket have been a staple on the cocktail-party circuit. The little sausages are the easy part. It's the pastry which, at its finest, should approximate buttery, flaky French puff pastry or pâte feuilletée. Suppose you could make decently flaky puff pastry in minutes? Christian Leue, the manager of La Boîte, a spice emporium in New York, has developed just such a marvel. And it works.

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Categories     easy, snack, finger foods, appetizer

Time 3h30m

Yield 48 pieces

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 sticks salted butter, frozen
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading
1/2 cup full-fat sour cream
48 cocktail franks
Flour, for rolling
Mustard, for dipping

Steps:

  • Make the pastry: Cut each stick of frozen butter into four pieces and grate using a shredding disc in a food processor. Change to the regular blade. Add the 1 1/2 cups flour and pulse 15 or 20 times, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the sour cream and pulse until the dough comes together. (This can also be done by hand, using a box grater to shred the butter, working the flour into it with your fingertips or a fork, then mixing in the sour cream.)
  • Turn the dough out on a floured surface and knead briefly to form a smooth ball. Divide the dough in half and flatten each piece. Place each in a zipper-top sandwich bag, press out any air, seal the bag and use a rolling pin to roll the dough until it fills the bag, forming a square. Refrigerate two hours or overnight.
  • Make the pigs in a blanket: Heat a 10-inch skillet, preferably cast-iron, on medium. If your cocktail franks came in a plastic package, pat them dry on paper towels. Place the franks in the pan and cook, turning, frequently, until they're lightly browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels. Let cool to room temperature.
  • Remove dough from sandwich bags by cutting the bags and peeling them off. Roll each square of dough on a lightly floured board into a 9-by-12-inch rectangle that is about 1/8-inch thick. Cut each into four 9-by-3-inch strips, then cut each strip crosswise into six 1 1/2-inch sections. You should have 48 rectangles that are each 1 1/2 by 3 inches.
  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil.
  • Place a cocktail frank on each piece of dough, across the rectangle so the longer side can be wrapped around the frank. Roll the dough around the frank, moisten the edge with water and press closed. Place each wrapped frank seam side down on the baking sheet.
  • Bake until golden, about 25 minutes. Serve at once or let cool and refrigerate or freeze, then let come to room temperature and warm at 250 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve with mustard alongside for dipping.

PIGS IN THE BLANKET AKA STUFFED CABBAGE



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I started with Mom's recipe and modified it over the 25 years of my marriage. Also I learned a method of rolling the "pigs" from one of Martha Stewart's books.

Provided by Mama Cee Jay

Categories     German

Time 2h30m

Yield 24 cabbage rolls, 10-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 lbs lean ground beef
1 lb pork sausage
1 1/2 tablespoons garlic salt
1 tablespoon sweet paprika
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups white rice, cooked and cooled
1 large cabbage
2 (28 ounce) cans whole canned tomatoes, crushed with a fork
32 ounces chicken broth (organic or homemade is best)
olive oil, to coat roasting pan
salt and pepper

Steps:

  • Wilt head of cabbage in large pot of boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove cabbage from pot, cool slightly and separate leaves, taking care not to break the leaves.
  • Mix ground beef, sausage, cooked rice, garlic salt, paprika and pepper. Form 3 inch balls. Place meatball into cabbage leaf and fold leaf around the ball. Place roll into a large square of cheesecloth, cover and twist ends of the cloth to shape and tighten the roll. Remove cabbage roll and repeat until all filling is used.
  • In a large roasting pan which has been coated with olive oil, place layer of cabbage rolls (folded side down), cover with 1 can of tomatoes, and repeat. Pour chicken broth over the layers.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cover roasting pan and bake for 2 hours or until until cabbage is tender. Serve with mashed potatoes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 515.6, Fat 22.3, SaturatedFat 8, Cholesterol 91.7, Sodium 902.5, Carbohydrate 45.7, Fiber 6.2, Sugar 8.2, Protein 32.7

PIGS IN A BLANKET RECIPE BY TASTY



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Here's what you need: puff pastry, hot dogs, cheddar cheese

Provided by Alvin Zhou

Categories     Appetizers

Time 30m

Yield 18 servings

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
6 hot dogs
6 slices cheddar cheese

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425°F (220˚C).
  • Slice the puff pastry into 6 even rectangles. Place a slice of cheddar on top of each puff pastry piece.
  • Place a hot dog on the cheddar, then roll it up.
  • Slice each roll into 3 even pieces, and arrange the pieces evenly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper with a 1-inch (2-cm) gap between the pieces.
  • Bake for 15 minutes, until golden brown and flaky.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 153 calories, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 4 grams, Sugar 0 grams

CLASSIC PIGS IN BLANKETS



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Everybody loves this traditional Christmas side dish and we've got three tasty twists including black pudding, butternut squash and chestnuts - you choose!

Provided by Miriam Nice

Categories     Side dish

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 2

8 rashers smoked streaky bacon
16 chipolatas

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cut the bacon rashers in half. Wrap a piece of bacon around each of the chipolatas.
  • Place on a baking tray and cook for 30-35 mins until golden.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 213 calories, Fat 17 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 5 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 1 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 1 milligram of sodium

JUMBO PIGS IN BLANKETS



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Make super-sized pigs in blankets for an extra-special Christmas side dish. Brush with maple syrup at the end of cooking for even more indulgence

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Side dish

Time 40m

Yield Serves 4 (with leftovers)

Number Of Ingredients 4

6 pork sausages
6 small rosemary sprigs
6 smoked streaky bacon rashers
1 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Working with one sausage at a time, lay a rosemary sprig on top and wrap a bacon rasher around it.
  • Put the wrapped sausages on a baking sheet and drizzle with the oil. Roast for 25-30 mins, until golden brown and cooked through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 307 calories, Fat 24 grams fat, SaturatedFat 8 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 6 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 1 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 16 grams protein, Sodium 2.2 milligram of sodium

PIG IN THE BLANKETS



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I live in Holland, Michigan and these are just a few of the "traditional" recipes I've collected from people I know who probably brought them from "the old country." Enjoy! (Serving size is two pigs, or approx. 15 servings per recipe.)

Provided by Duane and Ginger Va

Categories     Breakfast

Yield 15 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 cups flour
1 cup margarine
3 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
3 lbs sausage

Steps:

  • Divide sausage, forming 30 to 36 "Pigs".
  • (About half the length of a hot dog) Do not roll in hands, form carefully with finger tips or fork.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in margarine as for pie dough.
  • Mix in milk, form into smooth ball.
  • Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness, cut into strips about 3 1/2 inches wide. Wrap "pig" loosely in dough, overlapping on the bottom.
  • Do not pinch ends shut. Prick top of each "pig" with a fork.
  • Place on ungreased cookie sheets, bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees, then 15 minutes at 350 degrees until brown.
  • May be frozen up to 4 months.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 501.5, Fat 39, SaturatedFat 11.8, Cholesterol 54.9, Sodium 1350.4, Carbohydrate 22.8, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 0.1, Protein 14.2

Tips:

  • Use high-quality hot dogs or sausages. This will make a big difference in the flavor of your pigs in a blanket.
  • Use puff pastry that is cold and firm. This will help it to puff up nicely in the oven.
  • Don't overfill the puff pastry with hot dogs or sausages. This will make them difficult to roll up and they may burst open in the oven.
  • Brush the pigs in a blanket with an egg wash before baking them. This will help them to brown nicely.
  • Bake the pigs in a blanket at a high temperature for a short amount of time. This will help them to cook through without drying out.
  • Serve the pigs in a blanket immediately with your favorite dipping sauce.

Conclusion:

Pigs in a blanket are a classic party food that is always a hit. They are easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a delicious and festive appetizer that everyone will love.

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