Cranberry Brie Bites
These Cranberry Brie Bites are a quick, festive 15-minute holiday appetizer everyone will love, with flaky puff pastry filled with creamy brie, tart cranberry sauce, and crunchy nuts.
Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 77kcal
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour for dusting
- 2 count box frozen puff pastry thawed and refrigerated
- 8 ounce wheel brie cheese refrigerated
- 1¼ cups cranberry sauce
- ⅔ cup walnuts finely chopped
- 24 fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- Spray two muffin pans with cooking spray and preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. (If you only have one muffin pan, you will need to make this recipe in two batches).
- Sprinkle flour on a hard, clean surface and lay one of the sheets on it. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into a 10x15 inch rectangle (it is originally 9x9 inches).All-purpose flour, 2 count box frozen puff pastry
- Create 12 even squares by cutting the rectangle into three strips lengthwise along the two ready-made folds. Then, cut the squares out by making three cuts, perpendicular to the first cuts, and evenly spread out, to make 12 squares total.
- Lightly press each of the squares into the mold of one muffin pan. If you have two muffin pans you can prepare the other puff pastry sheet and muffin pan in the same way. Otherwise, leave the extra pastry in the refrigerator and prepare it after this pan is finished and cooled.
- Grab the brie cheese from the refrigerator and cut it into 24 small, bite-size pieces.8 ounce wheel brie cheese
- Place one piece of brie into each pastry square in the muffin cavity.
- Scoop a small spoonful (a little less than 1 Tablespoon) of cranberry sauce onto each of the brie cheese pieces.1¼ cups cranberry sauce
- Top each muffin cavity with a sprinkle of walnuts and one thyme leaf.⅔ cup walnuts, 24 fresh thyme leaves
- Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes or until the bites start to bubble and the pastry turns golden brown.
- When finished, take out of the oven and let cool for about five minutes. If you need to make two batches, carefully remove the brie bites to use the muffin pan again. Otherwise, plate and serve warm.
Notes
Storage and Reheating :
- Store: Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for 2–3 days.
- Reheat: Microwave a bite wrapped in a paper towel for 20 seconds.
- Freeze: Freeze baked bites up to 2 months. Reheat in the oven at 350°F until warmed through.
- Make ahead: Assemble unbaked bites up to 3 days in advance and refrigerate until ready to bake.
- Use a mini muffin tin to make smaller bites (cut pastry into 24 pieces, bake about 12 minutes).
- Work with cold brie for easier cutting.
- Don’t overfill—the cheese and sauce bubble as they bake.
- Only use leaves from fresh thyme or rosemary, not the stems.
Nutrition
Calories: 77kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 61mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 110IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 0.4mg
