Fancy Schmancy
I am not one to make a fuss over appetizers. Ok, I’m not much for making a fuss over any meal, really. That’s why I created this website. I wanted to share all of those easy recipes that I love. Most of them look like you went all out but you didn’t. That’s what today’s recipe is all about. It’s tasty but they look kinda fancy, don’t they?
Cranberry Brie Bites
For this recipe I am using brie because it melts beautifully and has a smooth, creamy taste that pairs well with other flavors. I like the slight tartness of the cranberry sauce paired with brie. You could use a jalapeno jelly instead of the cranberry sauce. However, I just think the red is prettier and a bit more festive and it really tastes so delicious!
Ingredients:
all-purpose flour (for dusting the dough and cutting board)
1 (8 oz) tube crescent roll dough
1 (8 oz) wheel brie cheese
1 cup whole cranberry sauce (not jellied)
fresh rosemary sprigs
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°f degrees. Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Spread a little flour out onto your counter. Then roll out crescent dough and pinch seams together. Cut crescent roll dough into 24 equal-sized squares. Place squares into mini muffin tin slots.
Cut brie into small pieces and place inside the crescent dough square. Note: Some folks like to cut off the rind to the brie. This isn’t necessary with brie but feel free to remove that additional rind. Top with a generous spoonful of cranberry sauce, and a little sprig of rosemary.
Bake until the crescent dough is a light golden-brown color (about 15 minutes). Then serve!
Cook’s Notes: If you can find the Pillsbury seamless crescent dough, it will make it a bit easier since there are no seams to pinch together. Also, puff pastry can be substituted for the crescent roll dough.
Enjoy!
Recipe credit: Delish
- flour for dusting the dough and cutting board
- 1 8 oz tube crescent dough
- 1 8 oz wheel brie cheese
- 1 cup whole cranberry sauce not jellied
- fresh rosemary sprigs
Preheat oven to 375°f degrees. Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Spread a little flour out onto your counter. Then roll out crescent roll dough and pinch seams together. Cut crescent roll dough into 24 equal-sized squares. Place squares into muffin tin slots.
Cut brie into small pieces and place inside the crescent dough squares. Top with a generous spoonful of cranberry sauce, and a little sprig of rosemary.
Bake until the crescent dough is a light golden brown (about 15 minutes). Then serve warm!
Note: Some folks like to cut off the rind to the brie. This isn't necessary with brie but feel free to remove that additional rind.
Oh man, I’m not sure I could trust myself around these.
“Just one more… ok, just one more… oh dear the entire plate is gone!”
Looks good. Going to try it.
Will they still taste as good cold? We live a couple hours from family so on Thanksgiving I would have to bring them cold.
I did a test of this recipe and the brie bubbled well over the edge of the cups. Made a complete mess.
Maybe I had my brie chunks too big? The wheel cut our more than the 24 cubes too.
can”t wait to make these.
This calls for cranberry sauce that isn’t jellied… I’m not sure what that means. All cranberry sauce looks jellied to me! :p I do a homemade cranberry sauce that’s cooked then just chilled so it gets firm. Maybe that’s what you mean?
It looks delicious and I can’t wait to try!!
You’ll want to look for whole berry cranberry sauce (usually made by Ocean Spray.) The other kind is jellied cranberry sauce (don’t get that one.) Hope that helps!
I’ve found the regular canned stuff works fine too (jellied or otherwise). Just don’t overfill the cups.
Do you think you could substitute a raspberry jam in for the cranberry?
You can substitute for any jam you like. I’ve made similar versions of this using apricot jam, raspberry, blackberry… you get the idea =)
Can you use blue cheese instead?
That’s a good question. I’m not a fan of blue cheese so I haven’t tried it but I guess it would work if you could find a good, melty blue cheese.