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Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket

As easy as breakfast gets. And just about as delicious too.

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If your household is anything like mine, you’re probably always looking for new breakfast ideas. There’s the standard stuff: bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes, cinnamon rolls, waffles that are always delicious… but sometimes you want something a little fun, a little novel. One way to get there is to take a few classics and combine them into another classic like, say, Pigs in a Blanket! These easy little guys combine a couple of store-bought shortcuts for a sweet and savory treat that’s so simple we’ll call it more of an idea than a recipe.

First things first, you’re going to need some cinnamon roll dough — the kind that comes in a can from the refrigerated section. You’ll unravel your dough, separate out the rounds…

… and then you want to cut each round into three pieces.

Flatten the piece of dough a bit and then wrap it around your favorite breakfast sausage. Pinch the edges of the dough together to make sure that cinnamon roll blankie is snug.

And then get ’em on a baking sheet.

They’ll take only twenty minutes or so in the oven until they’re lovely and golden.

But do you know what they still need? Glaze. And I know just what you’re going to ask me: “Can’t I just use the icing that comes in the package?” Of course you can. You can do whatever you want.

But I thought that these needed a little kiss of maple, so a quick little icing of maple syrup and powdered sugar was the perfect way to top these off. Enjoy!

Yield(s): Yield 15 pigs in a blanket

10m prep time

20m cook time

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Ingredients
  • 1 can cinnamon rolls
  • 15 small breakfast sausage links
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
Preparation
  1. Preheat oven to 325°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. Open cinnamon roll can and unravel dough. Cut each roll into 3 equal pieces.
  3. Wrap a piece of dough around each sausage link, leaving the ends exposed and place on prepared baking sheet.
  4. Bake until cinnamon roll is lightly golden, 20-25 minutes.
  5. Mix together powdered sugar and maple syrup until smooth, then drizzle over "pigs in a blanket" and serve warm. Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from Challenge Dairy.