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🗝️ Key takeaways
- Puff pastry pigs in a blanket is a classic party food that’s always a big hit with kids and adults alike!
- Pile these mini pigs onto a serving platter at your next party and watch them disappear—they’re also perfect for tailgating at football games.
- Brushing puff pastry dough with egg wash helps the bagel seasoning stick and produces a crispy, golden-brown crust. Don’t skip it!
Juicy hot dogs wrapped in flaky pastry dough topped with bagel seasoning—what’s not to love?
This easy pigs in a blanket recipe is a must-have appetizer that'll make your family and friends go hog-wild.
🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
📖 Variations
- I prefer to use full-size beef hot dogs. However, you can also use Little Smokies cocktail sausages, chicken sausage, or turkey sausage.
- Store-bought puff pastry keeps this recipe fast and simple. But you can try making a homemade puff pastry recipe if you’re feeling adventurous!
- Use your favorite mustard—yellow, Dijon, spicy brown, and honey mustard all work great!
- If you’re not a fan of mustard, you can leave it out and serve it as a separate dipping sauce for others to enjoy.
- Create cheesy pigs by adding shredded cheese! Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, and Colby Jack cheese are great options.
- Sprinkle the layer of mustard with chopped fresh herbs such as thyme, rosemary, or marjoram for more depth and flavor!
🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Gently pierce the hot dogs three times with a fork.
- Brush the center of each slice of puff pastry with a thin layer of mustard and place the hot dogs on top.
- Brush the ends of the pastry dough with beaten egg and roll up the puff pastry blanket around the hot dogs.
- Cut into small pieces, brush with egg wash, sprinkle with bagel seasoning, and bake on the prepared baking sheet.
🍴 Equipment
- Sharp chef's knife
- Baking sheet
- Pastry brush
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🥫 How to store leftovers
I’ll be shocked if you have leftover pigs in a blanket! But if you do, store them in the fridge in an airtight container for a day or two.
Heat ‘em up a bit in the oven or air fryer at 200 degrees F for a few minutes until they're warm again.
I don’t recommend freezing baked pigs in a blanket because the pastry will get soggy. However, you can freeze them before baking for up to three months!
💭 Things to know
Expert Tip: Don’t skip the chilling steps! The puff pastry dough needs to be cold before being baked so the butter doesn’t leak out and ruin the flaky layers.
- Roll out each sheet of puff pastry on a clean, lightly floured work surface so it doesn’t stick.
- Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to slice the puff pastry. A dull one will tear the dough.
- You need the egg wash to seal the rolled-up pastry, adhere the bagel seasoning to it, and brown the dough in the oven. Use a pastry brush to evenly spread the egg wash on the dough.
- Only bake pigs on a parchment-lined baking sheet. The parchment paper prevents the pastry from sticking and burning.
- Your pigs in a blanket are done baking once the flaky puff pastry turns golden brown.
- If you need to keep the pigs warm before serving to guests at a party, keep them in an oven set to 200 degrees F or use the "warm" setting.
- Serve pigs in a blanket with your favorite dipping sauce. Ketchup, mustard, barbecue sauce, hot sauce, cheese sauce, or ranch dressing are all delicious choices!
👩🍳 FAQs
Use your favorite hot dogs! I think all-beef hot dogs taste best, but you can also use cocktail sausages and turkey or chicken sausage. Cheese-filled hot dogs are tasty, too!
It’s so easy to make your own bagel seasoning! Just mix poppy seeds, black and white sesame seeds, dried minced garlic, dried minced onion, and coarse sea salt in a small bowl.
Yep! Tightly wrap your unbaked mini pigs in plastic wrap and refrigerate them until you’re ready to bake. Don’t refrigerate them for more than two days, or the pastry will dry out. Wait to apply the egg wash and seasoning just before baking for the best results.
Yes! You can freeze unbaked pigs in a blanket for up to 3 months. Tightly wrap each one in plastic wrap and store them in a freezer bag or airtight container to prevent freezer burn. Bake ‘em straight out of the freezer without thawing.
Yes, you can technically use croissant dough or crescent rolls to make pigs in a blanket, but puff pastry is the star of the recipe here. I don’t recommend using biscuit dough because it’s too dense and doesn’t have the right texture.
Air fryer pigs in a blanket are easy, too! Arrange them in a single layer in your air fryer basket and bake at 400 F for about 25 minutes or until golden brown. You’ll need to do this in batches so they don’t overlap.
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🍽️ Serve with...
I love these with jezebel sauce but campfire sauce is good, too.
In addition to dipping sauce, you can take your tasty treats to the next level by serving ‘em with pickle relish, Candied Jalapenos, Pickled Onions, or sauerkraut.
Pigs in a blanket are the perfect finger food to serve alongside a bowl of Southern Crock Pot Mac & Cheese. This creamy Southern classic is made in the
21-and-over partygoers can enjoy a Classic Whiskey Sour Cocktail with their mini pigs. The sweet and tangy notes in this classic American cocktail contrast perfectly with the savory flavor of pigs in a blanket.
📞 The last word
These easy little snacks are hard to ignore!
They pretty much evaporate off the plate so don't worry about doubling or even tripling the recipe! Leftovers?
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📖 Recipe
Pigs in a Blanket with Puff Pastry
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- 12 hot dogs, I used all beef
- 17.3 ounces puff pastry, thawed overnight in the fridge
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoons mustard, your favorite
- 1 tablespoon Everything Bagel seasoning
Instructions
- Prepare 2 baking sheets by covering with parchment paper.
- Stick a fork in the hot dogs in 3 places. Don't go all the way through - this is just to let out steam.
- Whisk the egg and water together.
- Set aside.
- Lightly flour your work surface.
- Place 1 puff pastry sheet on the prepared surface. Put the other back in the refrigerator for now.
- Roll out the puff pastry sheet to a 12-inch square.
- Cut pastry in half lengthwise and then cut each half crosswise into 3 equal pieces. Place on the prepared baking sheet and put in the refrigerator.
- Remove the other puff pastry sheet from the fridge.
- Roll out the puff pastry sheet to a 12-inch square and cut as before.
- Place the cut dough on the second baking sheet.
- Brush mustard down the center of each pastry piece using a silicon pastry brush or basting brush.
- Top each with 1 hot dog.
- Brush the edges of the pastry with egg mixture using a clean pastry brush.
- Roll up, and pinch to seal overlapping edges.
- Place seam side down on prepared baking sheets.
- Freeze for about 30 minutes or up to 3 months.
- When ready to bake preheat the oven to 425℉.
- Remove pigs in a blanket from the freezer.
- Cut crosswise into 4 equal pieces.
- Brush tops with the egg mixture.
- Sprinkle with Everything Bagel seasoning.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Serve hot.
Notes
- Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to slice the puff pastry. A dull one will tear the dough.
- Only bake pigs on a parchment-lined baking sheet. The parchment paper prevents the pastry from sticking and burning.
- If you need to keep the pigs warm before serving to guests at a party, keep them in an oven set to 200 degrees F or use the "warm" setting.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
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