Pumpkin-Shaped Baked Brie Bites
These individual pumpkin-shaped baked brie bites are the perfect party appetizer and a cute addition to any fall cheeseboard!
Servings: 10 bites
Equipment
- Kitchen twine
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerated puff pastry (I like the Jus-Rol brand)
- 1/4 cup jam, pumpkin butter or apple butter
- 10 .9 oz individual brie bites (or 10 oz brie, cut into small circles)
- 1 large egg or egg yolk, beaten
- cinnamon sticks, for the stems optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F and line a baking sheet with parchment. Unwrap puff pastry and cut into roughly 3x3" squares (about 12 squares total, you'll have a couple extra squares). Dollop a 1/2 teaspoon of jam in the center of each square. Place a round of brie on top of the jam and fold over the corners of the pastry to enclose the brie, pinching to seal.
- Use 10 separate lengths of kitchen twine to wrap each puff pastry pocket about four times (my lengths were ~18" long). Knot the twine on the seam side and trim any loose ends. Place brie bites on the prepared baking sheet and use a pastry brush to brush the top of each pocket with egg.
- Bake the pockets, seam side down for 30 minutes, or until starting to turn golden brown. A little brie or jam may leak out around the bottom, but that's okay! Top each round with a little piece of a cinnamon stick or pretzel stick for a "stem" if desired. Enjoy!