These Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket are baked French toast taken to the next level. Using refrigerated crescent rolls and cooked link sausages, they are brushed with a cinnamon custard and baked to puffy perfection! Simple enough for kids to help and easily doubled, or tripled to feed a big group of hungry people!
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My Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket are the culmination of all my childhood cravings, wrapped up in the absolute pinnacle of my dinner memories - the crescent roll. That's a lot to take in, I know, but listen, as a classic French toast maniac who also snuck into all her parent's parties to steal all the pigs in a blanket and hide in her room with them, I am only telling the truth.
Then the crescent roll. I don't recall a single Sunday roast or Holiday meal that didn't include them. And maybe I tucked extras into my dresses and scuttled off to my room like a bread goblin. Maybe.
SO... Why wouldn't I combine all my memories into this pigs in a blanket flavor bomb? I already made baked French toast, to keep me supplied with that. I turned crescent rolls into the almond croissant muffins of my dreams. I love breakfast sausage. I have been dragging you guys through my childhood appetite and it was all bound to collide into this recipe. It was only a matter of time.
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Ingredients
I feel like I always have crescent rolls in the refrigerator. If you don't you should, because this recipe rocks hard core and you will want to whip it up all the time. Also, I made fun of The Boy (my husband) when he bought a huge bag of breakfast sausage links, but who's laughing now while he eats French toast breakfast pigs in a blanket (trademark pending 😂)
See full recipe card below for exact measurements.
Love a good sausage? Try my quick and easy recipe for Sausage Crescent Rolls. Sausage links, soft scrambled eggs, and melty cheese are all rolled up in crescent dough then baked up to perfection for an easy handheld breakfast!
Substitutions & variations
If you are lactose intolerant, gluten-free, or trying to eat more plant based foods, here are a few ideas to make this the perfect breakfast for you.
- Gluten-free dough - I know that Whole Foods carries gluten-free crescent rolls and puff pastry, so you can give them a try.
- Milk - If you want this to be non-dairy, you can use any plant based milk that you prefer.
- Sausages - Feel free to use whichever plant based sausages you prefer.
- Crescent roll substitute - You can use puff pastry, refrigerated biscuits or cinnamon rolls, or even pie dough, in place of the crescent dough. Cut the pie dough into triangles and proceed as written. Pull biscuits and cinnamon rolls apart in half and roll out to a 3 inch circle and proceed as written. Cut puff pastry into 3 inch squares and proceed as written.
Let's get savory
Sometimes you crave a savory breakfast. Skip the sugar and cinnamon in the custard and add 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard instead. Add a small slice of cheese with the sausage and roll up in the dough. Sprinkle with everything seasoning, poppy seeds, or sesame seeds and bake as directed.
Instructions
These sausage pigs in a blanket are such an easy breakfast. As always, I suggest you read through all the instructions, look at the pretty pictures of me making it, and then scroll down to the recipe card for all the details.
- Start by preheating your oven to 375°F and lining a large sheet pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil sprayed with cooking spray.
Step 1: Cook breakfast sausages according to package directions and let cool.
Step 2: In a small bowl, whisk together egg, heavy cream, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Step 3: Open tube of crescent roll dough and cut or pull apart at perforations.
Place one crescent dough triangle on the counter, fat end facing you. Brush with the French toast custard.
Step 4: Place a sausage link across the bottom of the dough and roll away from you.
Step 5: Brush the outside of your sausage roll with more French toast custard.
Step 6: Place on your prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining sausages and pieces of dough.
Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown and puffy.
Optional: As soon as you remove the pan from the oven, combine 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar with ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon. Hold a piece of butter in your fingers and rub over each pig in a blanket and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Serve with warm maple syrup or your favorite dipper.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! I'm totally into breakfast appetizers! Cut each sausage into 3 pieces after cooking. Then slice each crescent dough triangle into 3 thinner triangles. Brush with French toast syrup and bake as directed. They may be done as quickly as 10 minutes, so start looking at around the 9 minute mark.
Cover leftovers with plastic wrap or store in an airtight container and put in the fridge. They will last up to 3 days stored properly in the refrigerator.
The Boy snacked on the rest of ours throughout the morning, so I haven't run into this dilemma yet, but you can microwave to reheat or place in a 350°F oven for 5 to 6 minutes.
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Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket
Ingredients
- 8 breakfast sausages
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream or other preferred dairy
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of kosher salt
- 1 tube refrigerated crescent rolls
Optional topping
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line a large sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Cook breakfast sausages according to package directions and let cool.
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg, cream, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
- Open tube of crescent rolls and cut or pull apart at perforations.
- Place one crescent dough triangle on the counter, fat end facing you. Brush with the French toast custard.
- Place a sausage link across the bottom of the dough and roll away from you. Brush the outside of your sausage roll with more French toast custard.
- Place on a parchment paper lined sheet pan and repeat with the remaining sausages and pieces of dough.
- Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown and puffy.
- Optional: Combine 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar with ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon. Hold a piece of butter in your fingers and rub over each pig in a blanket and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar as soon as you remove the pan from the oven.
- Serve with warm maple syrup.
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Barbara says
we loved these even though I goofed at the grocery store and got dough. sheets instead of crescent rolls
Cynthia Christensen says
I've totally done that too and just cut it into squares and carried on. I'm glad it worked out for you too!