Impress Thanksgiving Guests with Simple But Beautiful Baked Cheese Appetizer

Samantha Bolton
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On Thanksgiving Day, chances are you’ll be busy prepping your casseroles and cooking your turkey, while your Thanksgiving guests, smelling the amazing aroma from your kitchen, feel pangs of hunger. Satiate their hunger with this easy and beautiful baked cheese appetizer: it’s simple yet impressive, and gives classic cheese and crackers appetizer a colorful facelift.

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Baked Cheese with Fresh Figs and Pears

1 wheel of Camembert or Brie cheese
2 seckel pears
2 figs, destemmed
1/8th cup pomegranate seeds
3 tablespoons honey
crackers or slice bread, for serving

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cheese on a baking sheet with a lip. Bake until softened 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to serving plate and let cool for 20 minutes.

Cut pears and figs into fourths. Layer on top of cheese. Sprinkle pomegranate seeds and drizzle honey on cheese.

Serve with crackers or bread.

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