Cranberry Brie Bites

My mom made something similar to these last year for a holiday party and we made them again the next day because they were sooo good! And so easy! Which I think is just as important when making holiday dishes. I love these for a simple appetizer or even to have as a side dish on your holiday table. The variety of flavors and combinations of brie cheese, cranberry sauce & rosemary is so good!

Is it just me or does the canned cranberry sauce kinda freak you out!? It always did me when my mom pulled it out for Thanksgiving 😉 Turns out, it’s actually super easy and SO good to make on your own. I was putting this on everything when I made it!

Make these cranberry brie bites for:

• Thanksgiving appetizer
• Holiday party
• Christmas Day snacks
• Weekend munchies

Recipe note: I’ve only made this with brie cheese and the Trader Joe’s Apricot Cherry Cranberry Goat Cheese which still got melty (you do need to press it down a little more after baking though). You want to use a cheese that will melt in the crescent rolls.

What you need to make Cranberry Brie Bites:

• 1 container crescent rolls
• Brie cheese
• Fresh rosemary
• Candied pecans: optional

• For the cranberry sauce:
• 1 package 12oz cranberries
• 1 orange, juiced
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• dash of sea salt

How to make Cranberry Brie Bites:

1. To make the cranberry sauce, add all ingredients in a pan to heat up on medium to high.
2. Using a fork, continually mash down the cranberries as they heat up. Continue to stir.
3. Bring heat down to medium and stir until sauce thickens. Remove from heat and store in the fridge.
4. For the bites, roll out crescent rolls to flatten. Cut flattened crescent rolls into squares (you should get about 16 squares from this)
5. Place down square in a mini muffin pan and bring sides of crescent roll up to reach the top of the mini muffin pan.
6. Cut up little pieces of Brie Cheese and place inside each square.
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
8. Bake for 15 minutes.
9. Top with a little bit of cranberry sauce and place back in the oven for 1 minute.
10. Top off with fresh rosemary and candied pecans

Other recipes to make using cranberry sauce:

• Turkey, Cranberry and Brie Panini
• Shredded Brussels & Chicken Salad with Cranberry Vinagrette

Cranberry Brie Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 16 minutes

Total Time: 26 minutes

A perfect holiday appetizer!

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Ingredients

• 1 container crescent rolls
• 1 block of Brie cheese (you'll want a small piece for each crescent roll)
• Fresh rosemary
• optional: candied pecans
• For the cranberry sauce:
• 1 package 12oz cranberries
• 1 orange, juiced
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• dash of sea salt

Instructions

1. To make the cranberry sauce, add all ingredients in a pan to heat up on medium to high.
2. Using a fork, continually mash down the cranberries as they heat up. Continue to stir.
3. Bring heat down to medium and stir until sauce thickens. Remove from heat and store in the fridge.
4. For the bites, roll out crescent rolls to flatten. Cut flattened crescent rolls into squares (you should get about 16 squares from this)
5. Place down square in a mini muffin pan and bring sides of crescent roll up to reach the top of the mini muffin pan.
6. Cut up little pieces of Brie Cheese and place inside each square.
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
8. Bake for 15 minutes.
9. Top with a little bit of cranberry sauce and place back in the oven for 1 minute.
10. Top off with fresh rosemary and candied pecans (recipe for candied pecans in previous sweet potato fries post)

until next time...

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