In this recipe the Brie is topped with raspberry jam, surrounded with puff pastry, and drizzled with maple syrup.
Pastry Choices for Baked Brie
Traditionally puff pastry surrounds Brie in recipes like this, but you can also use crescent roll dough. Crescent roll dough is a little sweeter than puff pastry. You’ll find crescent roll dough in the refrigerated section. You’ll find puff pastry in the freezer section. If you go with the crescent roll dough, look for dough sheets that don’t have perforations in them. If you can’t find the sheets, you’ll need to press together the perforations.
Variations for Easy Baked Brie
We don’t recommend substituting any other cheese for the Brie in this recipe, but feel free to switch up some of the other ingredients.
Substitute fig, apricot, sour cherry, red currant, peach, or other jam for the raspberry jam.Substitute honey for the maple syrup, or delete the maple syrup altogether.Substitute layered, buttered, phyllo dough sheets for the puff pastry or crescent roll dough.Add slivered almonds or crushed pecans on top of the jam.
Make-Ahead Baked Brie
Baked Brie is best when it’s baked as close to serving time as possible. It’s not something you want to bake ahead of time and reheat because the pastry will get soggy. However, you can assemble the Brie as described in Steps 2 through 4 but leave off the maple syrup and brown sugar. Wrap the assembled Brie in foil that’s been sprayed with cooking spray so it doesn’t stick to the uncooked dough and refrigerate for up to 2 days. When ready to bake, remove from the foil, add the maple syrup and brown sugar to the top, and bake as directed in Step 5.
To make this with an 8-ounce can of refrigerated crescent roll dough instead of puff pastry, unroll the dough and carefully tear along the perforations to form 2 rectangles. Pinch the remaining perforations together so they won’t break apart as you work with the dough. One rectangle should be enough to encase the brie, but use all or part of the second rectangle if you’d like to patch or decorate any spots. Bake at 350°F until browned, 35-40 minutes. Serve with crackers or apple slices.
