This easy Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid tastes like a bite of Thanksgiving. A delicious braided puff pastry recipe with turkey, cranberry sauce, apples, bacon and more! This is an amazing recipe for a Friendsgiving dinner or to make with Thanksgiving leftovers.

Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid
This easy Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid is a delicious puff pastry recipe with turkey, cranberry sauce, apples, bacon and more! Bake it with fresh ground turkey or use your leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. Every bite tastes like biting into Thanksgiving dinner all at once.
I love making desserts with puff pastry like this amazing chocolate braid, so I thought making something savory would be just as good!
It all started when Honeysuckle White Turkey invited me to learn more about them by visiting a local turkey farm here in Texas.
I joined two other food bloggers in Austin where we each got paired with different turkey farmers, then based on the experience of our visit, created a recipe to celebrate an early Thanksgiving dinner with our farmers.

Meeting a Turkey Farm Family
Honeysuckle White works with over 700 independent farmers and all turkeys are raised without growth-promoting antibiotics. This is very important as we all want to feed our family the best quality foods!

Behind the Scenes of a Food Commercial
While I was at the turkey farm, a production crew was filming my visit. It was a full day of shooting at the farm. Here’s some behind the scene photos.


Friendsgiving Dinner
The next day, we had a special event planned at a beautiful location for our dinner with the farmers.

I couldn’t stop taking photos. Can you blame me?

After shopping for our recipe ingredients we headed into the kitchen to start cooking. It was fun to cook a turkey dinner alongside my food blogger friends!

Turkey Cranberry Apple Baked Brie Braid Recipe
My recipe was created for anyone who is hosting a friendsgiving or Thanksgiving for the first time.
Here is quick rundown of the Savory Turkey Cranberry Apple Baked Brie Braid recipe. It’s SO GOOD!
Ingredients you’ll need:
- Granny smith apple
- Cranberry sauce
- Ground cinnamon
- Olive oil
- Garlic clove
- Fresh rosemary chopped
- Dried thyme
- Ground turkey or (leftover turkey)
- Ground chipotle pepper
- Brie cheese
- Bacon
- Frozen puff pastry
- Egg
Do you take the rind off the brie before baking?
Baked brie is made by baking brie cheese inside of a puff pastry. Get my sister-in-laws amazing baked brie recipe here. Yes, you’ll want to remove the rind before making this recipe.
Quick Step-by-Step Photos of How to Make a Turkey Braid:
Step 1:
Mix chipotle spices, garlic, fresh rosemary, thyme and bacon crumbles with the turkey meat and place onto a sheet of puff pastry.
Top the turkey with brie and my homemade fast and easy cranberry apple sauce.

Step 2:
Next, you’ll want to slice the puff pastry to begin the braid.

Step 3:
Start by folding the bottom and the top over the turkey mixture, then crisscross the pieces to look like a braid. Tuck under any extra pieces.
Add an egg wash over the top before baking.

No matter how you braid this dish, you CAN NOT mess it up. Look at how pretty it turns out!

After a long day of cooking, we got changed and ready to meet all of the turkey farmers for dinner.
I’m so happy that I caught my friends, Yvette and Tanya’s personalities in this photo. Not only did I get to meet some amazing turkey farmers, but also inspiring bloggers!

Isn’t this a gorgeous Thanksgiving dinner table?


What a special day! I’m so thankful to have met such wonderful farmers who are the heart of our country.

Easy Turkey Cranberry Apple Baked Brie Braid Recipe
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do!

Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid
Ingredients
- 1 granny smith apple peeled and diced
- 14 oz whole cranberry sauce (1 can)
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary chopped
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 lb. ground turkey (Or leftover turkey, chopped)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground chipolte pepper rind removed
- 8 oz brie cheese
- 3 slices bacon cooked and diced
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
Preheat Oven
- Preheat oven to 400° and remove puff pastry from freezer to thaw.
Prepare the Ingredients
- In a medium bowl, mix cranberry sauce, apples and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Cook bacon over medium-high heat in a large pan. Remove cooked bacon, set aside to cool.
- In the same pan, heat olive oil and add garlic. Stir for a few minutes.
- Stir in rosemary, thyme and crumbled bacon then turn off the heat.
- Add the turkey to pan, sprinkle with salt, chipolte pepper and stir all ingredients together.
- Slice the brie cheese.
Layer Ingredients on Puff Pastry
- On a parchment lined baking sheet, roll out a puff pastry.
- Spoon half of the turkey mixture in the middle of the puff pastry. Form into a rectangular loaf.
- Cover the loaf with several slices of cheese.
- Cover the cheese with 2-3 spoonfuls of the cranberry and apple sauce.
Make the Braid
- Cut strips along the edges of the dough. Make as many cuts along the sides as you want, just make sure to have the same amount on each side.
- After cutting 6-8 strips of dough on the sides, you are ready to braid.
- Fold the top and the bottom ends over the turkey, then cross the side strips
- Repeat with the second puff pastry.
Egg Wash
- Make an egg wash with one beaten egg and a splash of cool water.
- Brush each pastry with the egg wash.
Bake
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until the braid is golden brown.
- Use a food thermometer to make sure the turkey is 165°F before eating.
- Let set for at least 5 minutes, then slice and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Originally published on November 17, 2016 – Updated 2024
More Easy Delicious Thanksgiving recipes:
- Apple and Sausage Cornbread Dressing
- Broccoli Cheese Casserole
- Pumpkin Dump Cake with Chocolate
- Turkey Vegetable Tray
- Grandma Chunkie’s Chocolate Pie Recipe
- Swirled Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
- Autumn Spice Punch Recipe
- Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Caramel Mousse
- Pumpkin Spice Latte Cinnamon Rolls
- Smoked Gouda Pumpkin Dip
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Hi I was trying to search for your cranberry Apple sauce… Do you have the recipe on your site?
Thanks in abance
This looks wonderful.I did it, its delicious. Thanks for share this recipe.
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too! You made the BEST turkey I’ve ever eaten. I can’t wait to try to recreate it. Thanks for the recipe. I can’t wait to see you again!
You are an amzing person; I was truly honored to have met you! This post beautifully capture that feast and your dish was a true hit! I hope you have the best Thanksgiving. I sure hope our paths cross again!
Thanks Cheryl!!
Amy the braid is a fabulous idea and makes such an impression on the table!! Looks like a fun experience!!
Thanks Kim! They did such a great job on that video.
BEautiful! What a fun video too!
Thanks! I know, we would be cooking up a storm right? That was so fun!
So wonderful to meet you Amy! Your photos are stunning. Wish we were neighbors. I had a blast with you and Tanya!!!