Bacon Wrapped Mini Piggies in a Blanket

   I apologize for my absence, the last couple of weeks I have been fighting off a horrible cold and didn't do much cooking/baking. I didn't even get to go out for Valentine's Day to see Fifty Shades of Grey like I had planned months in advance because I was so sick...but anyways, I was able to go out the next weekend and enjoy a belated Valentine's Day with Corey. We had a great time!

  Who loves bacon? Yeah, kind of a stupid question, right? Who DOESN'T love bacon? Well, my picky eater Autumn doesn't (sometimes it makes me wonder if she really is my kid...well, looking at her you would know she is my much younger and prettier twin). I made this little gem about a week ago and of course my bacon-loving family, well, loved it! I did make baconless ones for miss Autumn, so she enjoyed those. I only made a single batch of these which is 32 mini pigs in a blanket and served with Velveeta Shells & Cheese.

   This recipe is super simple, and super yummy! It only calls for 3 ingredients:

• 16 slices of bacon- precooked*
• can of crescent rolls
• package cocktail sausages**

 (sorry for the out-of focus picture)

*NEVER use raw bacon or the actual precooked kind. I bake mine in the oven, cover baking sheet with foil, place bacon on foil and put in oven then turn on 400 degrees for 14-17 minutes (do not preheat oven). Place on paper towels to absorb grease until ready to use for the mini pigs in blanket.
**You can use any brand or any flavor of cocktail sausages. There will be some leftover in the package, I give mine to Sasha, our husky. She loves them :)

 1. Once you have cooked your bacon (whether you baked it like I do or cook in microwave) preheat the oven (or turn the heat down if you used the baking bacon method) to 375 degrees. Unroll  your crescent rolls and cut each triangle into 4 smaller triangle (see picture below). 

2. Cut your bacon slices in half (yes as you can see from the picture, I had to "taste test for quality" on half of a slice. It was delicious, if you were wondering.

3. Wrap a cocktail sausage with a piece of bacon. Aren't they adorable?

 4. Put the bacon-wrapped cocktail sausage in a crescent roll triangle and roll up together and place on your baking sheet.

5. Once you have rolled up all your mini-pigs in a blanket, make sure that they have plenty of space between them on the baking sheet. It is never a bad idea to use two, especially if you double the recipe. Bake them for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

6. Take out of oven and serve immediately! Enjoy!!

    As you can see these were cooked to perfection. I decided to take a break from dishes and used paper plates instead of my beloved Disney Hercules plates. Normally I would have used cheddar cocktail sausages but Meijers did not have them in stock. These were still delicious. I may even try a variation I saw elsewhere online and add shredded cheddar cheese next time.

   This recipe came from this pin on my Pinterest Board, Yummy in the Tummy. You can follow that board for all the yummy goodness I have either made or plan on making. If you prefer healthier foods and beverages, or are interested in any of my other boards, you can follow me on Pinterest here.

Thanks for reading and Blessed Be!!

Apple Pie Crescent Rolls

     While this is not the first recipe from Pinterest I have tried, it will be the first one that gets reviewed on my blog. Rest assured, I will share my review of those the next time I make them. At least you know they are good enough to eat again :)

    This morning, I made my family Apple Pie Crescent Rolls ( click here to view the pin on my board) for brunch. Three out of four loved them, however my picky eater (Autumn, 13) took a bite and gave me the look of disapproval, because she does not like apples...but loves applesauce (don't ask...). This was a fairly simple recipe to follow and requires few ingredients. Since my family likes to eat a lot, I doubled the recipes to make 16 crescent rolls.

 Here's what you will need (single recipe):

• 1 red tart apple-washed and sliced in 8 sections, skin left on
• 1 can crescent rolls
• 3 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 4 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. butter, melted

    I did use two different kinds of crescent rolls, original and butter flaky. Both came out fine, so use whatever (garlic not recommended). While preheating your over to 350 degrees, lightly grease your baking sheet (if doubling the recipe like I did, you will need two baking sheets). The recipe doesn't tell you to, but I combined my brown sugar and cinnamon and mixed it well so I could sprinkle them on at the same time.

1. Roll out the crescent roll dough. Take a butter knife and separate the triangles. 
2. Brush the triangles with the melted butter. 
3. Sprinkle the triangles with cinnamon and brown sugar.
4. Put apple slice on the wide part of triangle and roll into crescent shape. *Tip- to make it easier to roll, put the inside part of the apple along the edge. If you have a little bit of dough on the corners, wrap them around the apple before rolling up in crescent. See picture below.

        5.  Place on baking sheet and put in the oven. 

        6.  Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

       7.  The recipe says to serve with blueberry yogurt, which sounds yummy but I did not have any on hand.  

    You see the finished product. I baked mine for the 15 minutes and my crescent rolls were baked to golden perfection, however a couple of the apples could've used an extra minute in the oven. I would rather have apples that are slightly crunchy still over having doughy crescent rolls. I think the next time I make these I am also going to serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Mmmmm...

   And yes, I still eat off of my McDonald's Hercules plates.You may as well get used to them if you are going to be subscribing to this blog.

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Thanks for reading, Blessed Be!!