Pigs in a Blanket

In the spirit of Superbowl Sunday, I've decided to make Pigs in a Blanket! Who am I kidding... I can care less about football. I tried making this a week ago, but the biscuit recipe I found didn't measure up. I did more searching and came across this one on All Recipes. I gave it a try today and added my own flare to it and boy did it pay off. This is definitely a keeper.

What you need:

• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (I only used 1/4 of salt and 1/2 tsp seasoning salt *See picture)
• 1 eggs
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon of finely chopped Rosemary, Thyme, and garlic (mix it well--the tbs is a combo of all three, not 1 tbs each)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• Softened butter for spreading (set aside, not used for mix)
• Your favorite shredded Cheese (I recommend Pepper Jack to give it a more prominent taste)
• Smokie Sausage links (I recommend Aidells' *see picture)
• An egg and tablespoon of milk (for brushing)

What you do:

1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
2. With a paddle attachment on your Kitchen Aid mixer, beat the butter until.
   
3. Stir in sugar, salt, eggs, shortening, and add flour little by little until well combined. Beat until smooth. Scrape dough from side of bowl. (Switch to hook attachment). Knead dough, then cover it and let rise in a warm place until double (about 1-1/2 hours).
4. Punch down dough. Extract a small ball of dough and roll it out in a long oval. Cut into triangles. Spread/glisten softened butter on it. Place a sausage and cheese along the wide end and roll up the wedges starting with the wide end. Place rolls with point under on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise until double (about 1 hour). (Since these are so small, I didn't see any difference whether you wait or not. I just didn't bake them until all was done and placed on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.) You can also do a "pillow" format but rolling and pinching dough surrounding sausage and totally enclose it.
   
5. Brushed the top of the finished ones with the egg and milk mixture. It makes it shiny and glossy once it's out of the oven.
6. Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 12-15 minute or until golden brown. (Depending on your oven, use a lower temperature and less time if it starts to burn the bottom before the top turns golden).
7. Enjoy!
   

Seasoning salt I used

The sausages- These were from Costco.