HOW TO MAKE PIGS IN A BLANKET FROM SCRATCH RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400ºF. Grease a large baking sheet. Sift the dry ingredients (flour through salt) into a mixing bowl (or dump them in one at a time, whatever).
• Rub the butter pieces into the dry ingredients until mixture is crumbly. Stir in cheese until evenly distributed.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the buttermilk. Stir well with a wooden spoon. Let the dough sit for 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle the dough with flour and stir once or twice then turn out onto a well floured counter.
• With floured hands, pat the dough into a 15 by 7 inch rectangle, trimming the sides if necessary to get a true rectangle. (Handle the dough as little as possible for tenderness, yeah right).
• Using a pizza cutter, slice the rectangle into thirds horizontally then slice each third into thirds vertically, this will give you 9 small rectangles. Slice each rectangle diagonally into two thin triangles.
• One at a time, roll up the sausages in the triangles. Place pointy side down on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 13 minutes, until golden brown. Cool on the sheet for 3 minutes then tranfer to a wire rack.

Steps:

• For the pigs-in-a-blanket: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Unwrap the puff pastry and cut it lengthwise into thirds, along the perforation. Cut each third crosswise into 10 strips.
• Wrap each piece of sausage with a strip of puff pastry, brushing the edge with water and then pressing gently to seal. Place seam-side down on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden, 20 minutes.
• For the dipping sauce: Stir together the mayonnaise, mustard and honey in small bowl.
• Serve the pigs-in-a-blanket with skewers and the dipping sauce on the side.