Pigs In a Blanket Recipe

5 from 48 votes

Easy pigs in a blanket recipe made from scratch in 1 hour. Soft homemade dough and savory sausages make a fun meal or snack.

Prep Time45

Cook Time15

Total Time1

Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings: - 16

Calories: 308kcal

Author: Jami Boys

Equipment

stand mixer or large bowl and wooden spoon
large baking sheet

Ingredients

2 cups warm water
1 1/2 tablespoons yeast both instant and active dry work
2 tablespoons honey or cane sugar
1 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons oil (neutral oil like avocado or sunflower)
4 1/2 to 5 cup whole wheat white flour or half all purpose/half whole wheat OR fully all purpose*
8 hot dogs (or one package)**

Instructions

Mix water, yeast, and honey until yeast and honey are dissolved. Add the salt, oil, and 4 1/2 cups of flour to make a soft dough.
Beat with a stand mixer for a minute or two (or knead a minute), adding the other 1/2 cup flour as needed to help dough be less sticky (to make by hand, mix well with a wooden spoon until you see gluten strands starting to form). TIP: Be careful with the extra flour - you may not need all of it, the dough should still be somewhat tacky, that is, sticking to the bowl in places, but not to your fingers when you gently touch the dough.
Let the dough rest, covered, for 10 minutes.
Remove the dough to a floured surface and knead by hand a few times. Press flat on floured surface (about 1/3 to 1/2-inch thick) and cut into 12 to 16 roughly even pieces, depending on how much bun you want around each hot dog (for even less bun, cut into 18 pieces).
Press each piece into a rectangular shape just short of the length of your hot dog, lay a hot dog on a rectangle, and wrap the dough around the dog, pinching the ends to seal. Repeat for all the hot dogs. Shape the remaining dough into buns, rolls, or breadsticks.***
Place seam side down on a large lined or greased baking sheet and let rest for 10 minutes while you heat an oven to 400 degrees. They'll get a little more puffy, but won't double.
Once your oven is preheated, bake for 15 to 20 minutes, rotating if needed for even cooking, until golden on top and browned on the bottoms. Cool for about 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

*Flour: You can also try with all regular whole wheat, but I've found it makes the dough denser than we like.

**You can also use any type of fully cooked sausages, including small "smokies" style (simply make the dough squares smaller).

***The dough recipe makes enough to cover 8 hot dogs (a typical package) with extra dough for 4 hamburger buns you can freeze for later, or 16 pigs in a blanket using two packages of hot dogs.

Storage

Fridge: Keep baked buns in the refrigerator for 3-5 days, reheating 8-10 minutes in a toaster oven or air fryer.

Freeze: These freeze wonderfully. Place the fully cooked dogs in a freezer-safe airtight container for 2-3 months. Thaw and heat again for 8-10 minutes in a toaster oven or oven.

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