Pigs In A Blanket Wreath Appetizer

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Pigs In a Blanket Christmas Wreath Appetizer

Course Appetizer, holiday food
Cuisine American
Author Catherine’s Plates

Ingredients

  • 1 (8oz) original refrigerated crescent roll dough (triangles) 8 ct
  • 2 TBS yellow or stone ground mustard
  • 24 beef lit'l smokies
  • 1 large egg + 1 TBS water
  • poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or everything but the bagel seasoning
  • fresh rosemary, thyme or parsley
  • halved cherries tomatoes

Dipping Sauce

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 3 TBS sour cream
  • 2 TBS stone ground mustard

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large sheet pan with parchment. Place a 4 inch bowl in the center of covered sheet pan.
  • On a clean work surface unroll crescent dough and separate triangles. Place mustard into a small bowl and using a pastry brush cover lightly each triangle of dough.
  • Using a pizza cutter, cut each triangle of dough into 3 pieces lengthwise.
  • Place one smokie on large end of each 3rd of the dough and roll to the tip. Place seam side down on sheet pan 1 inch from edge of bowl. Continue placing the rolled smokies onto sheet pan in a circle shape to create a wreath.
  • Beat egg and 1 TBS water in a small bowl until frothy. Baste the rolled crescents. Sprinkle poppy, sesame, or everything but the bagel seeds on the rolled crescents.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
  • Mix sauce ingredients (mayonnaise, sour cream, and mustard) together. Pour mixture into the 4 inch bowl used earlier.
  • Remove pigs in a blanket from oven, let rest for 5 minutes. Place the parchment on a serving platter or large plate. Slide parchment out from the pigs in a blanket ring. Place bowl of dipping sauce in center.
  • Decorate with parsley, thyme, or rosemary to give a Christmas feel. Place halved cherry tomatoes around the wreath. Enjoy.