One package Pillsbury croissant
One small wheel of brie
Jar of seedless raspberry jam
Sliced almonds

Place four croissants, in a square shape, flat on a baking/serving dish (b/c you really canâÂÂt move it once it is baked)
Place the wheel of brie in the middle.
Cover the sides and top with jam (usually about ü to ý small jar)
Fold up the corners of the croissant dough.
Place other croissant rolls on top and fold and pinch closed.
Bake according to the croissant directions. I think 11 minutes at 350 degrees?
Take out of oven, sprinkle with sliced almonds and let cool for 10 minutes.

Either cut and serve with a plate and fork or serve with slices of French bread.

We make this all the time. It is very good!

I always served it with roasted garlic cloves to spread on the bread too. I haven't made it in years though. So yummy!

I like it similar to geogirl, but with cranberries and pecans. You can also use phyllo in place of the crescent rolls.

tina

I'm not crazy about Brie, but I recently saw a stuffed mushroom recipe I'm gonna have to try.

Here is a link that might be useful: Stuffed Mushrooms with Brie & Pecans

I don't like the en croute part and just do mine naked. Something abut a dough wrap and crackers just feels redundant to me. And I am lazy!

A really good brie will get nice and soft if you simply let it rest at room temperature for half a day or more. Buy the best cheese you feel you can afford and some really good jam and you won't need a recipe! :-) There is a small jar of Dalmatian Fig Spread you can buy in the fancy food aisle (Whole Foods has it, as does Marshall's) which I dump on top. You could use any kind of high-quality jam.

Water crackers are tough enough to act as scoop without breaking and don't compete with the flavors. The way I do mine, you just dip and munch. Last party I took this to, the whole plate disappeared (large wheel of brie!) in about 20 minutes.

I am sure that whatever path you follow, it will be good. (Well, do get a good piece of cheese. That President brand stuff is not great IMO.) Good luck!

I've always done it in the phyllo dough. And instead of crackers I use slices of Granny Smith apples. That eliminates the double dough issue.

I like it wrapped in puff pastry and served with preserves on the side. Trader Joe's has a puff pastry that uses butter and is much better than the Pepperidge Farm brand.

I also like phyllo but that might be too tricky for an inexperienced baker. But there's always a first time!

I just saw this recipe in my new Southern Living, and think it sounds wonderful and easy.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cherry Pecan Brie

So many good recipes - thank you! I'm definitely going to try this, maybe even a couple of different recipes. I'm guessing that the brie with jam or fruit and the brie with roased garlic (which sounds fantastic, I love roasted garlic) would be a completely different type of experience??

No crackers with the dough here either. Apple slices sounds yummy tho!

I second using a good cheese.

Be sure and share what you do and how you like it!

tina

Hi Tina, probably won't try it until towards Christmas. Those were 'the holidays' I was refering to.... I realized afterwards that some people might think 'Thanksgiving', but I'm Canadian and we did that already last month. :)

We have my hub's family in to our house one evening over Christmas for snacks & munchies & appetizers.... and I'm looking to try some different options this year. I'd considered Mexican themed munchies - quesidillas, guacamole, etc. but wasn't sure how that would go over with his Nan and great aunts. But, you never know.... I made sweet & spicy shrimp skewers last year, which I thought were a stretch for the crowd I was hosting, but they all LOVED them. The platter was (almost literally) licked clean. :)