The internet will tell you that Pigs In A Blanket is an appetizer made up of little cocktail wieners wrapped in baked pastry dough. These things flourished in the 50s, along with cigarettes, fondue, red lipstick and anti-depressants. I personally don’t favor this variety of Pigs In A Blanket. Instead, I want the blanket to be fluffy, soft and light—more like a cashmere blanket. Yes. And instead of cocktail wieners (ew), I like to use savory breakfast sausages I find in the freezer section of my grocery store. I actually found spicy ones which worked pretty well with the sweet flavors from the maple syrup. I think I might’ve had this version of Pigs In A Blanket at a Denny’s or iHOP when I was a kid, and haven’t eaten/seen it since. What a shame. This recipe couldn’t be simpler. Pancakes wrapped around sausage links. Now, I usually prefer my pancakes to be all fluffy and tall-like, but in this occasion I needed them to be a bit thinner, this way they could actually fold around the link. Food math! And with this recipe, the oven is your friend. Everything gets transferred to a warm oven just as it’s done …

Share: