Easy and Addictive Party Appetizer

BAKED BRIE

This is one of those go-to recipes when you’re short on time and don’t want to acquire a ton of ingredients and assemble individual appetizers. It’s addictive quality will easily keep your guests occupied while you are finishing dinner, your hair, getting dressed, etc. As an added bonus, it can be assembled the day before and kept covered in the fridge until your guests arrive and it’s time to bake.

Ingredients:

1 Brie Wheel

1/2 cup pecans, roughly chopped

1/3 cup dried cherries or cranberries

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp. honey or corn syrup

1 box of your favorite gourmet crackers

Instructions:

-Heat oven to 400 degrees

-Place the wheel of Brie in the middle of an oven-proof serving dish, preferably one that is at least 1 inch deep

-Cover the top of the Brie with the pecans and dried cherries, letting them spill over around the edges

-Sprinkle with brown sugar and then drizzle with honey

-Bake uncovered until the brown sugar begins to caramelize and the Brie looks like it is about to burst, depending on your oven this should take about 15 minutes

-Cut an ‘X’ across the top of the Brie and let the melted cheese spill out

-Spread crackers around the edges of the serving dish and let your guests dig in

[For an added touch, brush four sheets of phyllo dough with melted butter and stack on top of each other. Place the Brie wheel in the center of the phyllo and cover with the pecans, cherries, brown sugar and honey. Wrap the edges of the phyllo dough up around the Brie, like a present, and brush the outside with any remaining melted butter. Bake at 350 degrees until the dough is golden brown and flaky. Provide a knife for guests to cut slivers of the Brie.]