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Melty brie, tangy-sweet sauce and buttery pastry come together in this cranberry brie puff pastry holiday appetizer. Quick to bake, easy to please!

Baked cranberry brie puff pastry squares recipe

Want to experience sweet, tangy, buttery, crunchy creamy, flaky and salty in one bite? Then you don’t want to miss baking cranberry brie puff pastry squares this holiday season.

No you really don’t! If minimal effort and cute looking appetizers (that involve cheese) are your top priority this Christmas or New year or any day of the year, you have come to the right place.

Oh and check out this whole wheat sweet puff stuffed with dreamy flavors from yourvegrecipe.com I so want to bite them right now!

Baked cranberry brie puff pastry is a minimal effort holiday appetizer.

Cranberry brie puff pastry ingredients

There aren’t many. And a fun fact! Three of them are hiding in the name of this recipe! 😀 Lets get to know them all.

  • Cranberries: I have used cranberries in three different forms here. Cranberry sauce, glazed crannies and sugared ones. You can practically use any jam or berry of your choice here. Ooh and I also topped my puff pastries with a glazed raspberry for looks taste.
  • Cheese: We are using Joan of Arc Brie cheese today. Trust me you guys, there doesn’t exist a substitute here!
  • Candied pecans: They add a sweet crunch to our cranberry brie puff pastry.
  • Puff pastry squares: Super easy to make and they bake up like puff pastry pillows. Look for yourself!

Cranberry brie pastry squares are flaky, buttery, rich and are oozing cheese all the way

Don’t confuse these squares with some plain puff pastry squares that taste nothing but flakes, butter and salt. Instead these are jam packed with different textured cranberries, crunchy pecans and overflowing with melty-creamy brie C-H-E-E-S-E. Just what a perfect Christmas Eve desires!

Cranberry brie puff pastry squares taste 100x better than a plain baked brie in puff pastry

How to assemble cranberry brie puff pastry squares

We will cut our puff pastry sheet into 12 squares. And cut out circles from 8 of these pastry squares.

Stack the ones with holes on top of other squares. You will form 4 squares, three sheets high.

Cranberry brie puff pastry assembly

Also cut brie into 4 circles using a small and round pastry cutter. And bake! We will fill our puff pastry squares right after they come out of oven. Those baked pockets will be huge! You can even put more cheese (like I did) in them along with your favorite fruit toppings and jam!

Joan Of Arc Brie cheese for cranberry brie puff pastry
Cranberry brie puff pastry squares recipe for holiday entertaining

My ears stand up tall hearing the name of cheese. And I am a total sucker for anything warm, melty and gooey. When it is oozing out of a flaky pastry it has to be none other than Brie. So rich, creamy and delicious! Locate Joan Of Arc cheese at a store near you now, coz you will need it!

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Cranberry brie puff pastry squares
Prep Time
5 mins
Bake Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Melty brie, tangy-sweet sauce and buttery pastry come together in this cranberry brie puff pastry holiday appetizer. Quick to bake, easy to please!

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American, International
Keyword: Baked brie in puff pastry, baked brie recipepuff pastry
Servings: 4 Puff pastry squares
Calories: 486 kcal
Author: Neha
Ingredients
  • 1 Sheet Puff Pastry
  • 1 Wheel Joan Of Arc Brie
  • 1 Egg mixed with 1/2 Tbsp of water
  • 1/3 Cup Cranberry sauce
  • 1/4 Cup Candied pecans
  • A handful of Glazed and/or sugared cranberries
  • 4 Glazed Raspberries and a few mint twigs (to garnish, optional)
Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 400 deg C. Unroll the refrigerated puff pastry sheet and cut into 12 even squares (4x3).

    2. Cut out circles on 8 of the pastry squares, using a small round pastry cutter. Place 2 squares with holes on top of the uncut pastry square. You will end up with 4 pastry dough tower squares.

    3. Cut the wheel of Brie into 4 rough circles using that small, round pastry cutter again and place them in the center of the pastry squares.

    4. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper/silicon mat. Egg wash each pastry square and bake for about 10-15 minutes or till they are golden brown.

    5. While the pastry squares are baking, keep your cranberry sauce or jams of choice and other toppings (glazed and sugared cranberries, pecans) ready.

    6. Remove the puff pastry squares from oven and top with cranberry sauce, candied pecans, more cheese if desired (it will warm up and melt in the pastry while it's hot).

    7. Top with glazed and sugared cranberries, raspberries and mint leaves. Serve warm!

Slightly adapted from carlsbadcravings.com

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  2. Nisha

    December 19, 2018 at 9:55 am

    wonderful recipe , such a fun way to make it and the ingredients are all so delicious , am sure it turned out great! Thanks for sharing and happy holidays!

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  10. Sundeep

    December 31, 2018 at 12:58 am

    I have a lot of time at hand these days and I didn’t know what to do with that. Thanks for giving me ideas. Looks like easy and doable.

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  11. ambitiously, amanda

    December 31, 2018 at 2:44 am

    oh my gosh, these look absolutely decadent!! i love mixing salty, fatty flavours in with more sour-ey sweet things, the juxtaposition is just divine. i must try these when i decide to get my butt in the kitchen, haha

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  22. Anonymous

    December 31, 2018 at 1:49 pm

    This looks so delicious! I am going to try to make it this weekend. My family and I love cranberries and anything sweet. Thanks for the recipe!

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  28. Kay

    January 1, 2019 at 12:26 pm

    These pastries look amazing!! I love cheese danishes so I’m sure I would love these and they seem easy enough to make. Thanks for sharing. I will try these.

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  29. Marysa

    January 1, 2019 at 12:58 pm

    These look delicious, and they are so pretty and festive too. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I haven’t cooked with puff pastry before but your recipe sounds like something I could make.

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  32. nicole durham

    January 1, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    This looks absolutely amazing. I haven’t had brie in years… I honestly don’t even remember if I liked it lol. Im currently dairy free, so I wont be able to try these for a few months…but I hope when I do get the chance, that mine turn out looking as gorgeous as yours did!

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  34. Bindu Thomas

    January 2, 2019 at 12:34 am

    Wow..this look yummy!!! I haven’t cooked with puff pastry before. But I want to try this today. Thanks for sharing. A surprising snack for my kids after school.

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  36. Jennifer

    January 2, 2019 at 11:08 am

    I made something similar to this once with strawberries & blueberries! I always love an opportunity to utilize brie (or any cheese, really!) in the kitchen! I’ll have to try this out!

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  40. Kitty

    January 6, 2019 at 11:56 pm

    Omg that looks soo yummy… I love puff pastries and I would love to try this… I have never tried any recipes with cranberries ever so this would be a great start 🙂

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