5.0 from 15 votes
Cranberry Brie Bites
Cranberry Brie Bites are a delicious and stunning appetizer for your Holiday table, and beyond. Delicate puff pastry enrobing creamy brie cheese, some hot honey, cranberry sauce and fresh rosemary. A tasty and delicious appetizer everyone will love!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Servings: 20 bites
Calories: 146 kcal
Course:
Dessert , Appetizer
Cuisine:
French , American
Ingredients
Pastry
- 1 puff pastry defrosted
Filling
- 1/2 cup hot honey RECIPE HERE
- 1 Brie cheese wheel with rinds
Egg wash
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon cream
Topping
- 1/2 cup cranberry sauce
- rosemary fresh
Notes
- Make sure your puff pastry is defrosted in the fridge ahead of time, as store bought pastry is always frozen.
- You don't need to cut off the rind of the brie, as it will melt anyway in the oven.
- If you're not into spice, you can switch the Hot Honey with regular honey or even jam or cranberry sauce.
- While you can make the cranberry brie bites recipe in a muffin pan, we prefer a baking sheet.
- Flipping the pastry and filing upside down creates a beautiful crust on the cheese which we LOVE.
- Make sure to use the correct size round cutter and cut up the brie into the corect size. The pastry should be at least double the size of the cheese.
- Egg wash is essential for a golden and crisp pastry.
- Cool the pastries before attempting to remove them from the baking sheet. This allows the cheese to harden slightly.
- You can use crescent dough for this. Something like those Homemade Dinner Rolls dough as well works beautiful. And if you're in the mood for a buttery appetizer, use our FOOL PROOF Pie Dough recipe!
- While we love the Hot Honey or Cranberry sauce, you can use a fruity jam as well. Any type of berry jam, apricot or orange marmalade pair so well with brie cheese.
- We LOVE our air fryer for reheating everything! Simple place them in a 350 air fryer and reheat for 4-5 minutes. If you don't have an air fryer, then place them in a preheated oven in a baking sheet, cheese side up. The oven reheating will take about 10 minutes.
- To freeze this appetizer or make ahead of time: prepare the recipe and bake. Once cooled, store them in the fridge and reheat the next day. Or freeze them on a baking sheet, then place the frozen bites in a ziploc bag. To reheat from frozen, make sure you defrost first.