Paula Dean's Brie en Croute

My friend, Gwen, made this for one of my wedding showers and I loved it. When it was my turn to host a shower, I decided to make it too. I took this recipe from www.foodnetwork.com and I've tweaked it just a tiny bit.

Ingredients
1 sheet frozen puff pastry (comes with 2 sheets- so you can just make this twice!)
1 tablespoon of butter
1/4 cup of chopped pecans
1 8- ounce wheel of Brie
1/2 cup of Raspberry Jam
1 egg beaten (her recipe calls for two eggs, but that was way too much when I made it.)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Unfold and defrost 1 sheet of puff pastry for 15 -20 minutes.  Next, melt your butter in a frying pan and over medium heat. Saute the nuts in the butter for about five minutes. Place nuts on top of the Brie and spread jam on top of nuts. Carefully roll the pasty with a rolling pin to add about 1-2 inches on each side. Brush both side of the sheet with egg. Place the Brie in the center of the pastry sheet and bring all the corners above the brie and twist. Here Paula recommends for you to tie it with a cooking string. However, since I am not even sure what cooking string is, I just made sure the pastry sheet was totally covering the Brie. That worked good enough for me! Bake on an ungreased cooking sheet for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with nice crackers.

Enjoy!! It was a hit at my shower and it really is very simple. Now, that I've made it once, it will be even easier.