Easy Cranberry Brie Bites with Puff Pastry
Make simple, festive cranberry brie bites using puff pastry or crescent rolls for your next holiday gathering.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 24 bites 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 package (14.1 ounces) refrigerated crescent roll dough or 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 (8 ounce) wheel of brie cheese, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1 tablespoon orange zest (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped (optional)
- 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease a mini-muffin tin.
- If using crescent roll dough, separate the dough into individual triangles. Cut each triangle into quarters. If using puff pastry, roll it out and cut it into 2-inch squares.
- Press the dough pieces gently into the cups of the mini-muffin tin, forming small cups.
- Place one small cube of brie cheese into the bottom of each dough cup.
- In a small bowl, mix the cranberry sauce with the orange zest and chopped rosemary, if using.
- Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon of the cranberry mixture over the brie in each cup.
- Brush the edges of the dough lightly with the beaten egg wash.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
- Let the bites cool in the tin for 5 minutes before carefully removing them to a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
Notes
- You can prepare these bites up to 24 hours ahead. Store unbaked bites covered in the refrigerator. Add 2-3 minutes to the baking time if baking directly from cold.
- For make-ahead convenience, you can assemble the bites completely and freeze them on a baking sheet. Bake from frozen, adding about 5 minutes to the bake time.
- If you do not have orange zest, use 1 teaspoon of orange juice mixed into the cranberry sauce instead.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bite
- Calories: 85
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 150
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 7
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 10