Baked Brie with Dried Cranberries, Apples and Walnuts #SundayFunday

Double Cream Brie topped with Dried Cranberries, Diced Apples, Chopped Walnuts, and Honey, warmed in the oven to a melty goodness and served with fresh apple slices, crackers, and sliced baguette.

The Sunday Funday Bloggers are serving up Thanksgiving Appetizers today......

Egg Bacon and Brie Bagel Sandwich #FoodieExtravaganza

Start your day off with this delicious bagel sandwich stuffed with crisp bacon, a perfectly cooked egg and creamy, gooey brie cheese.

The Foodie Extravaganza gang is celebrating National Egg Month.......

Honey Apple Baked Brie #ChristmasSweetWeek

Creamy Brie Cheese, smothered with apple butter and honey, wrapped in pastry and baked to a golden brown before being topped with caramelized apples and served with fresh apple slices and crackers.  OH MY YUM!!!

It's time for Christmas Sweets Week..........

Grilled Brie and Blueberry Panini #ImprovCookingChallenge

Ooey, Gooey and Luscious this Sandwich makes for a delicous and elegant lunch with very little effort.

The Improv Cooking Challenge this month is Blueberries and Dairy......

Caramelized Pear and Brie Rolls #ImprovCookingChallenge

Starting with refrigerated crescent rolls, these little packages filled with caramelized pears and melted brie cheese are a perfect appetizer.  They make a delicious, grab and go breakfast as well.

Our Improv Cooking Challenge today required we combine pears and dairy.......

Dreaming of Provence with a Rabbit Lasagna and a Clos Cibbone #Winophiles

Tender layers of noodles, rabbit and mushroom ragout, and a brie and truffle bechamel sauce....you will swear that you are in Heaven....or at least Provence.

I made this amazing dinner to pair with a Provencal wine after reading A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle for our French Winophiles group.

Countdown to 2018: Best Appetizer and Snacks

Sarah of Fantastical Sharing of Recipes, invites us each year to join her in sharing our favorite posts from the past year.  Each day we will be sharing our favorite recipes in each of seven categories.  

It is a fun way to look back at the past year.  We revisit and see what was successful and not so great.  We get an idea of what changes and goals we want to set for the New Year.  Most importantly we get to see what you, our readers, enjoyed the most of our posts from the previous year.

We are starting with Snacks and Appetizers.........

Baked Brie with Honeyed Apples

Italian Nachos

Chilled Avocado Chillers

Pork Dumplings

Charcuterie Board

Salmon Tartare

These were my personal favorites from last year.  I enjoyed serving them and I enjoyed eating them.  They are easy and impressive.  

Here are my friend's favorite Appetizers and Snacks from last year.

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Baked Brie with Honeyed Apples #ImprovCookingChallenge

Improv Cooking Challenge is a fun group started by Nichole of Cookaholic Wife.  Nichole provides us with two ingredients each month and sends us off to create our best recipe containing those ingredients.

This month the ingredients are honey and apples.  So very many ideas flooded my mind.  Honey and Apples is such a wonderful flavor combination and can be used in so many applications, both sweet and savory.

I decided to use mine in one of my favorite appetizers.  I was having a small dinner party and wanted something for the guests to enjoy with cocktails while I put the finishing touches on dinner.

I had picked up a wheel of Brie last time I made a Costco run.  I like to have it on hand because it makes a great appetizer.  It is quick and easy and very impressive.  You can top it with whatever you have in your pantry or refrigerator.  Our son is a jam maker and gifts us jars of jam whenever he makes them.  They are the perfect topping for brie cheese.

But today's challenge was all about honey and apples.  I grabbed two tart apples from the refrigerator and sauteed them up in some butter with cinnamon, nutmeg and honey.  

I baked the brie for about 10 minutes, removed it from the oven and poured the warmed apples over the top.

I served it up with baguette slices but it would work equally well with crackers or even additional apple slices. Look at that ooey gooey goodness!

I'm anxious to see what everyone else made with honey and apples. How about you?  You will find links to their recipes right below mine.

Baked Brie with Honeyed Apples

1 wheel brie cheese

2 tart apples, peeled and diced

1/2 t. cinnamon

pinch freshly grated nutmeg

1 T. butter

3 T. honey

Place the brie onto a glass pie pan and bake in a preheated 350* oven for about 10 minutes, until softened but not oozing out of the seams.

While brie is baking, melt the butter in a skillet over med high heat.  Add the apples, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Cook and stir for a minute, then add the honey, continue to cook and stir until the apples are tender, only a minute or two.  

Remove brie from oven and pour the warm apple mixture over it.  Serve immediately. Print Recipe

More Awesome Apple and Honey Creations

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