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Glazed Cocktail Sausage and Crescent Roll Sandwiches
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Glazed Cocktail Sausage and Crescent Roll Sandwiches
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes 8 sandwiches |
| Active time: | 20 minutes |
| Total time: | 20 minutes |
| Special equipment: | baking sheet, large skillet |
| This recipe appears in: | Sandwiched: Glazed Cocktail Sausages and Crescent Rolls |
Ingredients
- 1 (8-count) can crescent rolls, such as Pillsbury
- 3 tablespoons guava or grape jelly
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 teaspoons spicy mustard, plus additional for serving
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 16 cocktail sausages, such as Hillshire Farm Lil’ Smokies
Procedures
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1
Bake crescent rolls according to package directions.
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2
Meanwhile, in small bowl whisk together jelly, ketchup, 2 teaspoons mustard, vinegar, pepper, and cayenne. Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook sausages, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 4 minutes.
Add jelly mixture to sausages and cook, stirring occasionally until mixture is thick and syrupy, 4 to 5 minutes.
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3
Transfer rolls to cooling rack and when cool enough to handle, cut in half, making sure to leave about ½-inch base. Spread inside of crescents with additional mustard to taste. Fill each crescent with 2 sausages and sauce. Serve warm.
