Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket
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!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 194kcal
Ingredients
- 8 breakfast sausages
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup cream or other preferred dairy
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tune 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 eggs, 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.
Notes
Bite sized pigs in a blanket: 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.
Storage: 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.
Reheating: Microwave to reheat or place in a 350°F oven for 5 to 6 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 386mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 221IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg
