Whether it’s for Christmas Eve, an office holiday party, or a gift swap with your best girls, I am always looking for a festive appetizer to bring along during the holiday season. This year, I partnered with Milton’s Craft Bakers to make a Holiday Wreath Baked Brie to serve with their gluten free crackers that is as beautiful as it is delicious.
Like many families across the country, I have a gluten-sensitive sister and we are always looking for ways to make small substitutions for her. Enter: Milton’s Crackers.
They are free of gluten but FULL of flavor, and pair with my Holiday Wreath Baked Brie perfectly. In this recipe, I served my brie with their Everything Baked and Crispy Sea Salt Baked Crackers, and dare I say, I was reaching for the crackers without the brie on multiple occasions…
To make the wreath: I used dental floss to delicately tie 3 long springs of rosemary together and arranged the pomegranate seeds to resemble holly berries.
Go Totally G-Free: If you are looking to go full gluten free, I’d suggest removing the pastry puff wrapping. You can either serve the brie unbaked or bake in this 20 ounce Le Creuset of America Stoneware Camembert Baker
Only Use A Firm, Refrigerated Brie: From personal experience – make sure you don’t grab a brie wheel that is too soft. I’ll spare you the disappointing photo, but the cheese melts too quickly and won’t stay in the pastry. Still tasty, but not as photogenic. Also, make sure to keep the brie wheel in your refrigerator until right before you plan to bake so the wheel keeps its shape while cooking. 
If you try our Holiday Wreath Baked Brie, we’d LOVE to see your photos! Tag us on instagram @fridgetofork, and be sure to let us know how it turned out in the comments below.
Holiday Wreath Baked Brie
- Prep Time: 5h
- Cook Time: 20h
- Total Time: 25h
Ingredients
- 1 package puff pastry sheets (can substitute with crescent rolls)
- 1 wheel of brie
- 2 tbsp. fruit preserve. I used apricot.
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3 large sprigs of rosemary
- pomegranate seeds (5 or so should do, use your judgment)
- 1 pkg Milton's Craft Bakers Gluten Free Baked Crackers (I used Everything and Sea Salt)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll out puff pastry sheet onto parchment or wax paper. Using a rolling pin, gently roll over pastry to thin and smooth. If pastry begins sticking to surface, dust bottom with a little flour.
- Cut pastry into a 10 x 10 rectangle and spoon fruit preserve of your choice in the center. Lay the brie wheel bottom side facing up over the fruit preserve. Very gently and moving clockwise, wrap brie wheel in pastry dough. Once securely wrapped in pastry puff, flip the brie and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, whisk egg yolk and brush over the top of the brie-wrapped pastry.
- Bake in oven for 20-22 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and let cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Top with rosemary wreath, pomegranate seeds, and serve with Milton's Craft Bakers' Gluten Free Crackers.
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post by Milton’s Craft Bakers. All reviews and opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal view.
