Pigs in a blanket have got to be on my top five list of guilty pleasures. And since there’s absolutely no way I could ever justify making these on a weekday (for myself), I wait, patiently, for special occasions. Like rolling together a batch for a birthday party? Doable. And I did. Complete with Lit’l Smokies, jalapeños, and cheddar cheese.
Jalapeño Cheddar Pigs in a Blanket (yields 32 pigs)
2 packages of crescent rolls (8 rolls each)
1 – 14 ounce package of Lit’l Smokies
2 jalapeños, deseeded and finely chopped
1 to 1-1/2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Open package of crescent rolls and separate at the perforated edges. Cut each roll in half so you have 16 triangles that are fairly uniform in size. Place one sausage, some cheese, and a pinch of diced jalapeños inside the crescent roll. And then… do what ya gotta do to enclose the entire contents with dough. Place on a cookie sheet (a few inches apart) and bake for 14 to 16 minutes until golden. Depending on the size of your cookie sheet, this should take 2 to 3 rounds.
It turns out that pigs in a blanket aren’t just a guilty pleasure of mine. I left the kitchen for a mini dance party in the living room and when I returned, there were no pigs to be found. I was thankful. Until I spotted the plate of perfectly bite-sized Just Good Brownies…