Cranberry Pecan Baked Brie
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Simple, elegant and an absolute crowd-pleaser! Best of all, this is one of the easiest appetizers EVER with only 5-10 min prep!
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As a food blogger, you tend to cook a lot of different dishes, ranging from soups to take-out favorites and even peanut butter dog treats, which we have actually tasted.
And then you have your husband who eats everything you make. I’m not sure if it’s because he enjoys my cooking or if it’s because he just loves me too much that he feels the need to eat it all? No idea.
But today, he said something he’s never said to me before. He told me this was the best thing I have ever made in 2015.
This and the loaded mashed potato balls. But this obviously beats the latter.
I mean, let’s just say that we can all go for a swim in this baked brie, topped with preservative-free Fisher Nuts (DUH!) and dried cranberries drenched in a maple-honey sauce with just a hint of orange zest to put this over the top.
And you know this is only going to take 5-10 min prep work so this must absolutely make it to your Thanksgiving table.
There’s no excuse. It’s just too stinking easy.
Cranberry Pecan Baked Brie
Ingredients
- 1 8-ounce wheel brie cheese, rind trimmed
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
For the maple honey drizzle
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Zest of 1 orange
- ½ cup Fisher Nuts pecan halves, chopped
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place brie on a rimmed baking sheet or a 5-inch cast iron skillet; sprinkle with brown sugar. Place into oven and bake until softened, about 12-15 minutes; let cool 5 minutes.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange zest. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until foamy, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in pecans and cranberries.
- Serve brie warm topped with pecan mixture; serve with crackers or baguette.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Fisher Nuts. All opinions expressed are my own.
We had never had Brie before. We worried that it might be too sweet so we did not put very much sugar on the Brie before it went to the oven. Everything else we followed.
I am at a loss for words. There are only two of us. We have locked the doors. We have bribed the dog with Brie and bacon so she won’t tell. We are not going to tell anyone – they might want us to share.
We will let some special friends know about this recipe – but not until all the evidence is gone.
WOW
This was such a hit! I made this as a appetizer for company, and they loved it so much, they said that was good enough for dinner. They all ate the whole thing!i will definitely made this again, and super easy to prepare.
The picture looks like the rind is on. Is it necessary to remove it?
You would need to leave the rind on. The rind will contain the cheese as it bakes so that it maintains its shape. Enjoy!
What does it mean to “trim” the rind? I know you leave the outside intact for baking, so where would you trim it?
I have not made this yet but I was thinking that it would make sense to shave the rind off the top so that topping will adhere to the gooey part of the cheese instead of sliding off.
That may be what is needed, but I have had Bries that had sort of a tough dry ridge around the edges — the edges, not the entire sides — so I thought maybe that was what we are supposed to trim off.
I used fresh cranberries instead of dried. I put them in with the first ingredients and stirred in the pecans at the end. It got rave reviews! I will do this again.
This was amazing!
Made this last night for a ladies night. It was absolutely delicious and a big hit! I will make this again for sure.
I served with Pepperidge Farms Golden Butter crackers. so easy.
Delicious showstopper! I used only 1 tablespoon of brown sugar on the brie while it baked. The topping was delicious- I used dried unsweetened cherries since I didn’t have cranberries. Just gorgeous! I love the salty sweet combo of Brie and sauce.
How many tbsp of orange zest did you use?
Recipe says zest of 1 orange
I tried a lot of new recipes this Thanksgiving and this one was absolutely my favorites. I doubled this, had a 16 oz wheel and 6 of us couldn’t eat it up fast enough. Delicious!!!
Great! Next time I’ll probably leave the cheese in the oven for 9-10 min. Like another comment earlier, I used fresh cranberries that I microwaved for 4min with a bit of water and sugar.
I will try this soon. Look very tasty.
Simple dish, very flavorful. Cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar scream Christmas to me (even though I’m enjoying it in June.) I read some the reviews that said ‘too sweet’ so I substituted pecans for a more bitter nut – the walnut. I made one other substitution. I swapped cranberries for raisins. Cranberrys would have been 100% better, but that’s all I had on hand. Turned out delicious. Thanks for the recipe, I will be keeping this one close at hand!
I have made this several times and always a big hit….Thank you for the recipe 🙂
It was delicious! The only change I made is that I used fresh cranberries that I added a teaspoon of sugar to and a little water then microwaved it for 5 minutes. Dries cranberries are too sweet and there’s enough sugar in the recipe. It was perfect! Will make again
Thanks for sharing Gwen!
I make a similar dish but all the rind is trimmed off and it’s wrapped in puff pastry. I live close to Ocean Spray so I use fresh cranberries. It is so easy and comes out perfect every time !
Hi Chungah! How much brown sugar should I sprinkle on before baking? And should I still use 1/4 cup in the topping mix as well? Looking forward to serving this at my Christmas party!
2 tablespoons of brown sugar should be sprinkled prior to baking. The 1/4 cup is for the maple honey drizzle.
This was beautiful to serve at Christmas last year, and so quick and easy to make – my family asked for seconds on Boxing Day and even made sure to bring their own wheel of brie along to make sure it was served again! Thanks for sharing a nice recipe that brings families together =)
I have made this twice already and it was requested that i make it again for Thanksgiving!!! This is always a huge hit and it looks and tastes amazing. A huge bonus is that it is so easy to make.
That’s so great! Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
This was the big hit of the party.
This was simple to make and absolutely delicious!
This looks fabulous! My sis is coming home for a visit and will be a hit, I’m sure!