Camembert en Brioche

1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup cream cheese (room temperature)
1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg yolk
2 tsp water
1 whole camembert cheese

Day before:
Prepare pastry.
Sift flour with salt and cut in cream cheese and butter
Blend with hands and shape into a ball
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight

Next day:
Warm pastry to room temperature
Roll out to 1/8" thickness
Cut out 7" circle
Place on cookie sheet
Place camembert in centre
Bring pastry up around cheese and flatten gently to 1/2" over top of cheese
Roll remaining dough again and cut a circle to fit the top of the cheese
Beat egg yolk with water and brush over pastry (reserve a little bit for the decorations)
Use left over pastry to decorate top (petals, leaves etc.)
Brush decorations with remaining egg yolk
Refrigerate 1 hour
Bake at 425 F for 20 minutes or until golden
Cool at least 1 hour before serving
Serve with crackers and green grapes

This sounds delicious and easy! Something even I can handle. I love cheese, any kind...my favorite growing up was Liederkranz (we called it "stinky cheese", unfortunately they don't make it anymore ).

I am definitely going to try this one, and share it with my friend..she's like the 'hostess with the mostest'...I bet she's going to love it (especially with the holidays coming up; she's always looking for appetizers).

Thank you for sharing (your chesse ball recipe sounds yummy too..going to try that also, but this one is first on my list).