Mini Pigs In A Blanket With Cheese Food

PIGS IN A BLANKET (FROM SCRATCH)

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400ºF. Grease a large baking sheet. Sift the dry ingredients (flour through salt) into a mixing bowl (or dump them in one at a time, whatever).
• Rub the butter pieces into the dry ingredients until mixture is crumbly. Stir in cheese until evenly distributed.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the buttermilk. Stir well with a wooden spoon. Let the dough sit for 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle the dough with flour and stir once or twice then turn out onto a well floured counter.
• With floured hands, pat the dough into a 15 by 7 inch rectangle, trimming the sides if necessary to get a true rectangle. (Handle the dough as little as possible for tenderness, yeah right).
• Using a pizza cutter, slice the rectangle into thirds horizontally then slice each third into thirds vertically, this will give you 9 small rectangles. Slice each rectangle diagonally into two thin triangles.
• One at a time, roll up the sausages in the triangles. Place pointy side down on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 13 minutes, until golden brown. Cool on the sheet for 3 minutes then tranfer to a wire rack.

PIGS IN A BLANKET

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.

MINI PIGS-IN-A-BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven according to directions on crescent roll package.
• Unroll but leave intact 2 triangles of crescent rolls.
• Pinch seam together and cut lengthwise into 5 strips and then cross-wise to make 10 strips.
• Roll each strip around one sausage and place in baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking oil.
• Sprinkle each pig with parmesan and garlic salt.
• Bake according to crescent roll package directions.

MINI PIGS IN A BLANKET WITH CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Unroll dough onto cutting board; separate into triangles. Cut each triangle lengthwise in half.
• Place 1 frank piece and 1 Singles strip at short side of each dough triangle; roll up. Place, seam sides down, on baking sheet.
• Bake 10 to 13 min. or until golden brown.

CHEDDAR PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper*** (See Notes), set aside.
• Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough* and slice along the perforated lines of the triangles.
• Then slice each triangle into 3 skinnier triangles. Alternatively, you can just slight them in half if you prefer a bigger roll on your pigs in a blanket, but you'll only be able to make 36 instead of 40.
• Pat the little beef franks or little smokies dry with a paper towel; set aside.
• Slice each cheese slices into 8 pieces (1x2-inches approximately).
• Pace a piece of cheese on the larger end of each of the crescent triangle pieces.
• Place a little beef frank on top of the larger end with the cheese and dough and then roll up, and place on the prepared baking sheet spaced at least 1 inch apart.
• Repeat the process with the other remaining ingredients.
• Optionally sprinkle with flaked salt and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the rolls are as golden brown as desired; rotate baking sheet once midway through to ensure even browning. Start checking at 10 minutes and keep an eye on them in the final minutes of baking because crescent roll dough can cook fast as it's approaching the end of cooking.
• While the pigs in a blanket bake, make the dipping sauce.
• To a small bowl, combine all the ingredients, whisk to combine, taste to check for flavor balance, and make any tweaks if desired.
• Serve the freshly baked pigs in a blanket warm with the dipping sauce.
• Extra dipping sauce will keep airtight for 1 week in the fridge. Pigs in a blanket are best served fresh however they will reheat well in the oven or an air fryer but terribly in the microwave.

CHEESY PIGS IN A BLANKET WITH COME-BACK SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles. Brush with steak sauce; top with Singles pieces. Place 1 frank on wide end of each dough triangle; roll up. Place, seam-sides down, on baking sheet. Brush with egg; sprinkle with poppy seed.
• Bake 10 to 12 min. or until golden brown, Meanwhile, mix all remaining ingredients until blended.
• Serve franks with sauce.

CHEESY PIGS IN BLANKETS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Cut lengthwise pocket in each wiener to within 1/2 inch of ends. Pull each cheese stick into 4 long strips; insert 3 strips in pocket in each wiener.
• Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles; wrap 1 triangle around each wiener. Place, cheese-sides up, on baking sheet.
• Bake 12 min. or until golden brown.

PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut hot dogs lengthwise.
• Place a piece of cheese in the slit.
• Wrap the hot dog in the crescent roll and bake for 15 minutes.
• Serve it with some applesauce and you've got an ok meal.
• (Not great, but ok).

PIGS IN A BLANKET

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.

CHEESY-MUSTARD PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Cut the hotdogs in half crosswise to make 8 pieces and then partially cut each one halfway lengthwise.
• Cut the cheese in half so that there are 8 pieces; fold each piece in half and tuck it into the partially cut hotdog.
• Unroll the crescent roll place a hotdog on each one and roll up.
• Bake at 350 to 375 degrees for about 10 minutes or so till nice and golden.
• Serve hot.