Name: Garlic Butter Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter; 3 gloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning; 1 pound round of sourdough bread; 1 (8 ounce) wheel of brie cheese

Delight your dinner guests with Garlic Butter Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl. It’s an easy, appealing and indulgent appetizer everyone will enjoy.

Melted brie in a sourdough bread bowl on a white ceramic serving plate.

Unbrielievable!

Serve up anything but the ordinary with this incredible new appetizer. Creamy brie brushed with seasoned garlic butter and baked in a sourdough loaf–wow! This Garlic Butter Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl is indulgent and delicious and effortless. It’s unbrielievable!

A hand holding a bread chunk dipped in melted brie.

An Easy, Impressive Appetizer

I could stand at the kitchen counter happily eating this melted brie right off the serving plate. But I also love this baked brie for entertaining. This easy appetizer is so savory and inviting.

The bread chunks bake up crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. The cheese is melted to creamy perfection. And when you dip the bread into melted cheese, the whole experience is so heavenly.

Melted brie in a bread bowl on a white plate.

Watch Me Make Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl

Step into the kitchen with me to make Garlic Butter Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl for a party appetizer.

What Do I Need to Make Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl?

Butter
Garlic, minced
Dried Italian seasoning
Round of sourdough bread
Wheel of brie cheese
Baking sheet
Serrated bread knife

A bread bowl on a marble countertop, next to a wheel of brie and glass bowls filled with garlic, butter, and Italian seasoning.

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Bread bowl with wheel of brie inside arranged on baking sheet with bread chunks.

How to Make Garlic Butter Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a rimmed baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter. Whisk in the minced garlic and dried Italian seasoning. Set aside.
Carefully trim the rind off of the wheel of brie so that most of it is removed. It’s okay if some of it is still intact.
Slice about ½-inch off of the top of the bread bowl.
Place the wheel of brie on top of the bread. Use a serrated knife to cut a circle around the brie and down into the bread.

Melted butter and herbs, a sourdough loaf on a wooden cutting board.

Remove enough of the inside of the bread so that the wheel of brie will fit nicely down into it.
Use the serrated knife to cut 1-inch slices all around the outside of the bread down to where the hallowed out center stops.
Brush the emptied inside and in between each 1-inch slice with the garlic butter.
Place the wheel of brie down into the emptied bread bowl. Brush the top of the brie with some of the remaining garlic butter as well as all around the outside of the bread bowl.
Take the bread that was on top and hallowed out of the bread bowl and slice into bite-size pieces and brush or dip the bread pieces into any remaining garlic butter.

Sourdough loaf hollowed out on a wooden cutting board.

Arrange the bread pieces around the bread bowl on the baking sheet.

Bake in the middle rack of the oven for about 30 minutes or until the bread bowl is toasted and the brie is melted.

A baked bread bowl with wheel of brie inside arranged on baking sheet with bread chunks.

How to Serve and Store Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl

Serve immediately while the cheese is melty and bread is warm.

Store any leftovers in the refrigerator, tightly wrapped with plastic wrap. Reheat in the oven at 325. Cover in foil to prevent burning.

Baked brie melting out of a sourdough bread bowl on a white ceramic serving plate.

If you make this Garlic Butter Baked Brie in a Bread Bowl and post a pic to social, be sure to tag me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see! 😍 I just love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the ideas I share. Enjoy!

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