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brie cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Goat cheese offers a tangy flavor while cream cheese is more affordable.

puff pastry

🥗Healthier: phyllo dough

💰Cheaper: homemade pastry dough

Phyllo dough is lighter, and homemade dough can reduce costs.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: pecans

Almonds are lower in calories, while pecans are often cheaper.

cranberry sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade cranberry sauce

💰Cheaper: jelly

Homemade can reduce sugar content, while jelly is often less expensive.

Unroll the Pillsbury crescent dough and squish it together into rectangles.

Cut the dough into four squares.

Place the squares on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Score smaller squares into larger squares with a sharp knife.

Spoon a heaping teaspoon of cranberry sauce into the center of each scored square.

Cut brie cheese into 1.5 cm wedges, then cut those wedges in half and place on top of the cranberry sauce.

Optionally add whole cranberries or extra cranberry sauce on top of the cheese.

Sprinkle fresh thyme leaves on top.

Top with fresh cracked pepper.

Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes.

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