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    Cream Cheese Bacon Puff Pastry Appetizer

    Published: Dec 23, 2020 · Modified: Dec 9, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    A quick and delicious oven-fresh appetizer with bacon cream cheese over flakey puff pastry.
    Total Time: 22 minutes
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 12 minutes
    15 squares
    4.53 from 23 votes
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    A 3 ingredient easy puff pastry appetizer to help you entertain your party guests.

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    • 🧀 Ingredients
    • 🔪 How to make these Puff Pastry Appetizers?
    • 🥣 Serving
    • 💡 Prepare in Advance and Leftovers
    • 👁️ More Party Appetizers
    • 📖 Recipe
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    🧀 Ingredients

    You will need 3 main ingredients to make this:

    • Puff Pastry Sheets - store-bought or homemade
    • Bacon - cubed
    • Cream Cheese

    You can also pimp your mini puff pastry bites with seasoning. Make them tastier with Italian seasoning, pizza seasoning, herbes de provence or just oregano.

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    🔪 How to make these Puff Pastry Appetizers?

    You will love these bites if you are looking for a last minute party appetizer.

    Here is an overview of how you can make it, the printable recipe with all the details is located further below.

    Step 1

    Place the puff pastry sheets on a parchment lined baking tray.

    Cut the sheets into equal sized squares and separate from each other.

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    Step 2

    Spread cream cheese over the puff pastry squares and sprinkle bacon over that.

    Step 3

    Bake your appetizers golden.

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    🥣 Serving

    This is a typical party app. They are great for any celebration such as Christmas, New Years', Game Day, Easter, Halloween, or Thanksgiving.

    I love to add some onion jam or cranberry jam over mine before I serve them up as little amuse bouche bites.

    It tastes so much better with a jam!

    Try to serve them warm. To do that just keep them in a warm oven and take them out on serving trays a batch at a time.

    That said, I think the little puff pastry squares also make a great breakfast, brunch, or TV snack.

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    💡 Prepare in Advance and Leftovers

    You can make these savory bacon cream cheese apps in advance.

    Bake them and keep them in your oven until you are ready to serve them up. Just warm them up a bit before you serve up your puff pastry squares.

    You don't need to freeze them. The thawing process would take longer than making them with a store-bought puff pastry sheet.

    Store leftovers in an airtight container in your fridge and us up within a few days. Reheat in the oven or microwave.

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    Cream Cheese Bacon Puff Pastry Appetizer

    A quick and delicious oven-fresh appetizer with bacon cream cheese over flakey puff pastry.
    4.53 from 23 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: American
    cream cheese puff pastry appetizer, puff pastry appetizer
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 12 minutes
    Total Time: 22 minutes
    Servings: 15 squares
    Calories: 131kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1 Puff Pastry Sheet 8.5 ounces
    • 3.5 ounces Bacon cut int small cubes
    • 2 ounces Cream Cheese
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Place a parchment sheet over your baking tray and place the puff pastry sheet over that.
    • Cut the puff pastry sheet into squares. They can be as small or as big as you like but they should be all the same size.
    • Separate the squares from each other and spread them out as well as possible on the baking sheet.
    • Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius.
    • Spread cream cheese over the squares and sprinkle bacon cubes over that.
    • Bake your puff pastry squares at 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius for about 10-12 minutes or until golden.
    • Serve up warm.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Cream Cheese Bacon Puff Pastry Appetizer
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 131 Calories from Fat 90
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 10g15%
    Saturated Fat 3g15%
    Cholesterol 9mg3%
    Sodium 97mg4%
    Potassium 28mg1%
    Carbohydrates 8g3%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 1g1%
    Protein 2g4%
    Vitamin A 51IU1%
    Calcium 5mg1%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. CYNTHIA MEYERS says

      September 10, 2022 at 1:55 am

      Shouldn't you have mentioned to cook the bacon first. And isn't 350° an incredible temp for puff pastry? Mine are taking forever.

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      • Helene Dsouza says

        September 10, 2022 at 5:31 pm

        Hi Cynthia, small bacon pieces cook through in the oven when used as a topping, they don't need separate cooking. The key is to use small pieces. 350 Fahrenheit for 10+ minutes is plenty of time to bake small puff pastry sheets. Did you preheat your oven properly? The oven has to be hot enough before placing in the puff pastry squares or else they won't bake properly and get even soggy due to lower temperatures at the beginning of the baking cycle. Of course every oven is slightly different, and hard-to-see electricity fluctuations can also be a reason why the heat might be distributed differently in your oven. Make sure to set the oven settings to “bake”. Larger than normal puff pastry sheets may take a little longer to bake too. In that case, keep them in for up to 20 minutes or until golden brown. I hope this helps.

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    2. Donna says

      June 23, 2022 at 9:57 pm

      my puff pastry appears smaller than yours, does it have to be rolled out?

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        June 24, 2022 at 5:14 pm

        Hi Donna. Do, I don't roll out store bought packed puff pastry sheets. When you say smaller, do you mean your store bought puff pastry is shorter? It highly depends on the brand and every so often the country. You can still cut them to your preferred size, it doesn't have to be exact squares, it's ok if they are slightly rectangular.

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    3. Mary Mendonca says

      May 16, 2022 at 3:20 am

      How appetizing, really different. Thank you for sharing.

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        May 18, 2022 at 10:31 pm

        You are welcome, Mary. 🙂

        Reply
    4. Roberta says

      February 13, 2022 at 3:06 am

      If you add Jam at what point do you top the squares…before it after baking? I’m anxious to try this recipe with a honey fig jam!

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        February 13, 2022 at 10:43 am

        Hi Roberta, I would just add the jam after baking as a topping.

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    5. Karen Murphy says

      January 04, 2022 at 4:04 pm

      Wouldn't it be much easier to top the Puff Pastry with cream cheese and bacon, THEN cut into equal pieces ???

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        January 05, 2022 at 7:40 am

        You can do it that way too. Either way works. I personally prefer cutting first and then top the squares, just as my mini pizza bites. I found it to be less messy that way, so I don't end up with cream cheese all over the place. But maybe it's easier for you the way you described it, it's your choice. 🙂

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    6. Linda says

      August 31, 2021 at 2:45 am

      5 stars
      Wow! Amazing and Easy! All year round appetizers

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        September 05, 2021 at 11:21 am

        I couldn't agree more! 😀

        Reply
    7. Roy Pacheco says

      December 26, 2020 at 10:08 pm

      Compliments of the season!
      Wishing you and the Family a very Happy and Blessed New Year!
      Love your recipes, Always something different and challenging
      Roy

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        December 27, 2020 at 11:23 am

        Thank you Roy, we wish you a happy new year too! 🙂

        Reply

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