Cranberry Brie Bites

Name: Cranberry Brie Bites Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 21 min
Ingredients: 400 g (14 oz) ready-rolled Puff Pastry; 1 egg (lightly whisked); 150 g (5.3 oz) Brie; 6 tbsp cranberry Sauce; fresh thyme leaves to decorate

These Cranberry Brie Bites are a simple appetizer or party snack that always gets polished off in minutes!
They’re super easy to make only take five simple ingredients and can be ready in 21 minutes! – that’s my kind of recipe.

Cranberry and Brie bites on a wooden board with a hand taking one of the bites in the background

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!

📺 Watch how to make it

Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.

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.

Cranberry and Brie bites close up on a wooden board

FAQ’s

Do you need to remove the rind from the brie before baking?

No. The rind on brie tends to be edible and also helps the cheese hold its shape somewhat when in the oven.

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.

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If you like these, check out some of my other favourite party foods:

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Baked Potato Croquettes with Cheese

Equipment

In order to make these cranberry brie bites you will need:

A good Kitchen knife
Chopping Board.
A Baking Tray
A mini Spatula
Egg Wash brush
Something to serve on.

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Cranberry Brie Bites Recipe

By Nicky Corbishley

These easy and delicious cranberry Brie bites are a super simple appetizer or party snack that always gets polished off in minutes!

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 11

Total Time: 21

Servings: 20 Bites

Course: Snacks

Cuisine: British, French

Ingredients

▢ 400 g (14 oz) ready-rolled Puff Pastry
▢ 1 egg lightly whisked
▢ 150 g (5.3 oz) Brie
▢ 6 tbsp cranberry Sauce
▢ fresh thyme leaves to decorate

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F (fan) 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.
400 g (14 oz) ready-rolled Puff Pastry, 1 egg
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.
150 g (5.3 oz) 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.
6 tbsp cranberry Sauce, fresh thyme leaves to decorate

Video

Notes

Nutrition info is per cranberry brie bite.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

This post was originally created in Dec 2015. Updated Oct 2020 with a video. Updated in Dec 2021 for housekeeping reasons.

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