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SAUSAGE-AND-BISCUIT PIGS IN BLANKETS

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Breakfast fare fits in amazingly well at game-day gatherings. Wrap your favorite breakfast sausage links in homemade biscuit dough, and serve with maple syrup for dunking.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories appetizer

Time 1h20m

Yield 24 pieces

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

Twelve 4-inch links breakfast sausage
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Kosher salt
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen in 1 piece
2 tablespoons finely chopped scallion greens
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Maple syrup, for serving

Steps:

Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, set a baking sheet on it and preheat to 400 degrees F.
Toss the sausage links with the oil in a large bowl. Add the sausages to the hot baking sheet, and spread out in 1 layer. Roast, turning halfway through, until lightly browned in spots and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely. Cut each sausage in half crosswise.
Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Grate the frozen butter on the large holes of a box grater, and add to the bowl, along with the scallions. Add the buttermilk, and mix together gently with a fork. When a shaggy dough forms, turn it out onto a floured surface.
Working quickly, roll the dough out into a 14-by-8-inch rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Trim each side by about an inch, to yield a 12-by-6-inch rectangle with clean edges. Cut twelve 1-inch-wide strips, then cut those strips in half crosswise. (You should have 24 strips, each about 1 inch by 3 inches.)
Wrap a biscuit strip around the belly of each sausage half, and place, seam-side down, at least 1 inch apart on a clean baking sheet. Sprinkle a small pinch of cracked black pepper on top of each one. (Refrigerate up to overnight if not baking right away.) Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Serve with maple syrup on the side.

APPLE-GOUDA PIGS IN A BLANKET

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For New Year's, I used to make beef and cheddar pigs in a blanket, but now I like apple and Gouda for an even better flavor celebration. -Megan Weiss, Menomonie, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Appetizers

Time 30m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1 tube (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls
1 small apple, peeled and cut into 24 thin slices
6 thin slices Gouda cheese, quartered
24 miniature smoked sausages
Honey mustard salad dressing, optional

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°. Unroll crescent dough and separate into 8 triangles; cut each lengthwise into 3 thin triangles. On the wide end of each triangle, place 1 slice apple, 1 folded piece cheese and 1 sausage; roll up tightly., Place 1 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets, point side down. Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. If desired, serve with dressing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 82 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 203mg sodium, Carbohydrate 5g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 3g protein.