Description
Homemade breakfast pigs in a blanket deliver a classic morning comfort with crispy crescent dough wrapped around savory mini sausages. Cheesy and golden, these bite-sized treats promise a quick, delightful start you’ll crave on lazy weekend mornings.
Ingredients
Scale
Breakfast Sausages:
- 8 breakfast sausages, cooked
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cooking and Serving:
- Butter or oil for cooking
- Maple syrup for serving
Instructions
- Prepare the dry mixture by combining flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl, whisking thoroughly to eliminate any lumps.
- In a separate container, blend buttermilk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract until smooth and well-incorporated.
- Gently fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mixing until just combined to avoid overworking the batter.
- Preheat a non-stick pan or griddle to medium heat (around 350°F), lightly coating with butter or cooking spray.
- Drop small dollops of batter onto the hot surface, creating mini pancake rounds approximately 2-3 inches in diameter.
- Cook pancakes until tiny bubbles emerge on the surface, typically 2-3 minutes, then carefully flip and brown the opposite side for an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Remove sausages from packaging and cook according to package instructions until fully heated through.
- Wrap each cooked sausage with a warm pancake, securing with a toothpick if necessary to maintain shape.
- Arrange on a serving plate and drizzle with pure maple syrup, serving immediately while still warm.
Notes
- Adjust flour consistency by adding more buttermilk or flour to achieve perfect pancake batter thickness for wrapping sausages smoothly.
- Choose lean chicken or turkey sausages for a healthier protein option that keeps the dish light and nutritious.
- Experiment with gluten-free flour blend to make the recipe suitable for those with wheat sensitivities while maintaining delicious flavor.
- Prep pancakes slightly smaller than sausage size to ensure neat, clean wrapping without excess batter hanging over edges.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Appetizer
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 192 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 330 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 55 mg