Baked Brie with Caramelized Apricots & Pecans

Friday nights are perfect for Happy Hour at home.  The work week is over, and a warm sweet and savory appetizer is perfect dinner fare.  Baked brie.  What's not to love?  Buttery, warm, sophisticated and simple, all at the same time. 

This was made with leftover ingredients from food featured here in the past few weeks.  The mini brie wheel was on sale for $2.88.  It takes all of 2 minutes to toss together and then crocks away with no monitoring in a little over an hour.

Return some calls, talk about your day with your loved ones, enjoy a glass of wine, and then enjoy this.

Winner, Loser or Meh

Uncle Meat and Potatoes and I loved this. Auntie "EQ" had a love affair with it at the kitchen counter.  This was a big winner.

Recipe

I used a 6 quart crock for this, because my 1 1/2 quart mini was in use.  I placed the brie wheel into a small oven safe corning dish, and put the other ingredients on top.  This would have worked in a Lil Dipper or a 1 1/2 quart mini as well.

Ingredients:

•  1 small brie wheel or large wedge of brie (I used an 8.5 ounce brie wheel)
• 1/3 cup dried apricots, chopped
• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 Tbl brown sugar
• 1 Tbl water
• 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 tsp dried rosemary or 1 tsp fresh
  

Take wrapper off of brie.  Place the brie wheel into the crock or smaller oven safe dish that will fit into your crock.  Mix all other ingredients in a small bowl and pour over the brie.  Cook on high for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or on low for 3.  Serve with crackers and/or tart apple wedges.