Cranberry Brie bites – a simple appetizer or party snack. These Cranberry and Brie Bites always gets polished off in minutes! Super easy to make, Five ingredients in the oven and ready in 21 minutes! – that’s my kind of recipe.
When it comes to Christmas, I find I’m always on the lookout for easy snack recipes and party foods.
To be honest, party food always catches my eye anyway – since I’ve got a bit of a weak spot for mini foods like these spiced muffin bites and these bite sized burgers and these Cranberry Brie Bites!
This one started off as a single layer of pastry with brie on top – tasty but a little boring. The addition of the cranberry sauce and thyme not only makes it look more christmassy, but also really oomphs up the flavour.
I decided to go for two layers of pastry too – to give it a little extra height (and besides, there’s always room for more pastry right?)
So simple to make, but they’re always the first to disappear from the buffet table.
Keep these ingredients on standby and you’ll be sure to impress those unexpected guests.
If you like these, check out some of my other favourite party foods:
Sticky and Crispy Asian Chicken Wings:
Cheese and Tomato Tarts (not quiche!):
Chocolate Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries:
Equipment:
In order to make these cranberry brie bites recipe you will need:
- A good Kitchen knife. In the video I use my Leiths knife however I have recently bought this Dalstrong one and love it.
- Chopping Board.
- A Baking Tray
- A mini Spatula
- Egg Wash brush
- Something to serve on. We use this slate serving board
The Cranberry Brie Bites Recipe:
Cranberry Brie Bites
Ingredients
- 14 oz (400g) ready rolled Puff Pastry
- 1 egg lightly whisked
- 5.3 oz (150g) Brie
- 6 tbsp Cranberry Sauce
- Fresh thyme leaves to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200c/400f and line a baking tray with baking parchment or a silicone liner.
- Unroll the pastry and brush with egg wash, then cut the pastry into approx 40 small rectangles. Place one rectangle on top of another and repeat with the rest of the pastry, so you have 20 or so ‘doubled up’ rectangles of pastry. Place on the prepared tray and bake for 10 minutes. Then take out of the oven.
- Slice the Brie into small slices and place on top of the pastry puffs. Place back in the oven for 1-2 minutes to melt the brie.
- Place the puffs on a plate and top each one with a small blob of cranberry sauce and a few fresh thyme leaves, then serve.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
Nutritional Information
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Janet Taylor says
November 7, 2019 at 4:25 pmI have made the cranberry bites twice. Each time when I stack them, they fall over when baking. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you for your time.
Nicky Corbishley says
November 7, 2019 at 6:48 pmHi Janet,
Are you putting a lot of egg wash in between the two pieces of pastry? Too much could cause the top pastry layer to slip.
Also, when you’re cutting the pastry, are you sawing the knife back and forth? It’s a good idea to place the knife blade on top and then cut straight down. Sawing back and forth could impact the edges of the pastry – either making the edges uneven, or making some of the edges meld together, so one side is squished together and the other side may rise – causing to pastry to topple.
Do you think one of those could be the reason?
Thanks for the comment – I’ll also update the post with these tips.
Vanessa says
December 19, 2018 at 9:51 pmThanks for sharing! Is there any prepping I can do ahead of time?
Sue P. says
December 4, 2018 at 2:55 pmI want to make these for a brunch at a friend’s house. If I make them at home, will they still be good an hour later when they are served? Thank you.
Nicky Corbishley says
February 7, 2019 at 1:51 pmHi Sue,
They’re best served warm, as the cheese hardens a little on cooling. I personally think they’re still tasty after an hour though.
Eileen says
November 25, 2018 at 11:11 pmI made these for Thanksgiving and they were fantastic. I made a cranberry/orange relish because I couldn’t find bottled/canned cranberry sauce.
Amanda says
November 23, 2018 at 6:08 pmThese were so easy and so good! Everyone asked for the recipe. Will definitely be a go to every Thanksgiving/Christmas.
Liz Rosling says
November 23, 2018 at 3:32 pmHi Nicky, great post! Love these ingredients so I had a go at making my own cranberry brie bites thanks to you! I enjoyed the post so much that I recommended the recipe in my article on hosting a fun office Christmas party for staff. Will definitely keep an eye out for more of your recipes. Have a lovely Christmas!