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Cranberry Brie Bites
Crescent dough cups hold a cube of brie and a spoon of cranberry sauce, baked until the pastry is brown.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Servings
- 8
- Difficulty
- Easy
Why you’ll love it
- 375°F.
- A small cube of brie, not a whole wheel in one cup.
- Cranberry on top, not under, so you can see it.
- They are an appetizer for a crowd.
Ingredients
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Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 375°F. Separate the dough into triangles and cut each into pieces that fit a mini muffin cup. Press them in.
- 2
Add a cube of brie and a small spoon of cranberry sauce.
- 3
Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until the pastry is golden.
- 4
Cool 5 minutes. Sprinkle with pecans and thyme.
Pro tips
- If the cheese leaks, the dough did not come up the sides.
- Whole-berry cranberry sauce looks better than jellied.
- These do not hold for hours. Bake them close to serving.
Easy substitutions
- Crescent dough
- Puff pastry squares
- Pecans
- Thyme leaves
Storage and reheating
Storage
Best the day they are baked. Refrigerate up to 2 days.
Reheating
Warm at 325°F for 6 minutes.
Nutrition
Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.
- Calories
- 180
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 16 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
Special occasion · Oven · Vegetarian
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