Brie en Croute (w/crescent rolls)

Last week we had our friends Nathan Rutledge and Jordan Morgan over for dinner & had a very nice evening!  For an appetizer, I prepared this recipe & for the entree I prepared the penne pasta recipe that was my very first post on the blog :)

Ingredients:
1 8 oz. brie cheese
1 container crescent rolls
1 Tbsp butter (melted)
dried cranberries
1/2 cup apricot preserves

Directions:
Peel apart crescent rolls and shape them/connect them into a star.  
Cut a piece of the extra crescent roll and put it in the center of the star so that there are no cracks.
Spread the preserves onto the middle of the star, leaving a little room on the edges so it doesn't bubble out while baking.
Sprinkle desired amount of cranberries onto the preserves.
Place the cheese (rind removed) onto the cranberries.  
Wrap the crescent roll around the cheese and press the crescent together where cracks may show.
Cut out a cute design from the leftover crescent, I chose a star
Spread melted butter over the top, and bake according to crescent roll instructions, then place aluminum foil over it and bake for about 10 more minutes until the cheese is nice and melted!

Serve w/crackers.  I had grapes on the side, too!