Baked Brie with Maple Syrup and Bacon...the name says it all! Gooey molten cheese with crunchy bacon and sweet maple syrup on top make this easy, three-ingredient appetizer pretty hard to resist!
Cut off the top rind of the brie cheese. To prepare the maple bacon topping, cut the bacon strips into small pieces (dice it).
Once the oven is preheated, place the brie cheese on a parchment lined pan and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the cheese is soft and just starting to melt.
While the cheese is baking, cook the diced bacon bits in a skillet over medium heat until they become crispy. When they are crispy, remove the bacon bits from the pan and place them on a paper towel to soak up some of the grease. Carefully remove the pan from the burner and drain off the bacon grease.
Right before serving, add the bacon bits back to the pan on medium heat and pour maple syrup over the bacon. Stir them together until they are warm and the bacon is completely coated in maple syrup.
When the brie has finished cooking, carefully slide the parchment paper and brie onto a serving platter and top the warm brie with the maple bacon mixture. Serve with crostini or crackers and enjoy!
Notes
TIPS: If you are having trouble cutting the top rind off of your brie, try freezing your wheel of brie for a few minutes and then shaving off the top rind while it is partially frozen.If you cook the maple syrup and bacon for too long, it caramelizes and gets SUPER sticky (making it hard to get out of the pan). To make sure that doesn't happen, wait until the brie is almost finished baking before adding the maple syrup to the pan with the bacon and then put it on the hot brie immediately after it finished cooking and you've slid it onto the serving platter. STORAGE: I don't expect there will be much of this recipe left (any recipe with melted cheese is always a big hit in our house), but on the off chance that you do have some to store you can place it in an airtight container and store it in the fridge for 2-3 days. When you are ready to reheat it, simply put it back on a parchment lined baking sheet and warm it in an oven preheated to 325 degree f until the brie starts to look melty again (melty? melted? Who cares- it's warm, baked cheese!).