Recipe: Bourbon Pecan Brie Bites

 

I made these over the Christmas holiday; sorry for the delay! My mom wanted to make these, but she was busy putting together other food items, so I offered to help make these. They were pretty easy!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tbl. unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tbl. bourbon
• 1/4 cup roasted pecans, chopped
• 8 oz. round of brie
• 1.9 oz. package frozen mini fully baked phyllo shells (15 shells)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Add all ingredients but the brie and phyllo shells to a small bowl and stir to combine.
3. Carefully remove the rind from the brie and discard the rind. Then, cut the brie into pieces, about 1/4 inch squares.
4. Place a cub of brie into each phyllo shell and top with 1/2 tsp. of the bourbon sugar nut mixture.
5. Place the full shells on a small baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes or until the top is melted and bubbly.
6. Remove from oven and serve warm or at room temperature.

We didn't roast the pecans, but otherwise we pretty much stuck to the recipe. We actually made it twice, because the first time we definitely didn't use enough cheese (you can see in the photo that, once the cheese melted, the shells looked only halfway full). So the cheese cubes can definitely be bigger! But even in making this twice, we didn't go through the whole wheel of brie cheese. 

These were yummy: easy to make and easy to eat! So pop-able! I would definitely recommend these as party food.