Baking & entertaining
Baked Brie & Cheese Boards
Build the board everyone photographs from three cheeses and a formula, not sixty dollars of panic buying.
- 15 baked brie recipes, from the classic puff pastry wheel to hot honey with rosemary
- 15 board formulas, including a budget board that feeds six under $25
- The Board Planner rescales every quantity to your number of guests
- How Much Cheese Per Guest chart so you never run out mid party
- A 53-page handbook with 72 photographs and a numbered map for every board
$17
Instant download: PDF handbook, The Board Planner (HTML) and printables in US Letter and A4. Not what you hoped for? Email us within 30 days for a refund, per our Terms.
You stand at the cheese counter and freeze. A wall of options, no plan, and guests arriving soon. You grab a little of everything, spend far more than you meant to, and still worry the board will look thin.
The problem is not taste. It is that nobody tells you how much to buy or what goes where. Most cheese board ideas show you a pretty photo and stop there.
This handbook starts from the formula. Every board uses three cheeses and five zones, placed in a set order. Each of the 15 boards gets two full pages: one with the finished board photographed whole next to a numbered map, and one with the shopping list and the five moves to build it. The 15 baked brie recipes give you grams and ounces, the oven temperature and something you can see or touch to know the brie is ready.
How it works
- Pick a board or a brie. Choose by occasion: date night for two, girls night for six, holiday, game day, brunch, dessert, or the budget board that feeds six under $25.
- Tell the Planner your guest count. It rescales every quantity, writes the shopping list in aisle order and prices it.
- Build it with the map. Print the board map, place the five zones in numbered order and follow the five moves on the shopping list page.
What this is not
It is not a wine book. The pairing guide covers 10 cheeses, with wine and no alcohol options, but the focus is the board.
It is not a paper-only PDF. The Board Planner opens in your browser, so you need a browser, not an app or an account.
It is not a forty-page essay about the history of cheese. You get the recipes, the formulas, the charts and the printables, ready to print and use tonight.
What is inside
53-page handbook, 72 photographs
15 baked brie recipes and 15 board formulas with exact amounts, build order and cost, in grams and ounces.
The Board Planner
A planner that opens in your browser: pick a board, enter your guest count, get a priced shopping list in aisle order. Works offline.
How Much Cheese Per Guest chart
Printable, in US Letter and A4.
3 printable board maps
Five numbered zones for a round board, a long board and a dessert slate.
Pairing guide for 10 cheeses
The sweet, the crunch, the fruit and the spread for each, with wine and no alcohol options.
Perfect for
- Hosts who freeze at the cheese counter and overspend anyway
- Girls night regulars who want the table everyone photographs
- Anyone who needs a showstopper with 20 minutes of actual work
Questions
What is The Board Planner and does it need the internet?
It is a planner that opens in the browser you already use. Pick a board, say how many people are coming and every quantity rescales. It writes the shopping list in supermarket aisle order, prices it, plans your week and remembers your pantry. It works with the wifi off, and nothing you type leaves your computer.
Can I open the planner on my phone?
Yes. The download includes a sheet with a link and a QR code to open the planner on your phone, because iPhones do not run a saved HTML file.
I have never made a cheese board. Is this for me?
Yes. It is written for beginners and for people who have hosted for years and still guess.
How much cheese per person should I buy?
The How Much Cheese Per Guest chart tells you, and the Planner does the math for your guest count.
Do the printables come in A4?
Yes. The cheese chart and the board maps come in both US Letter and A4.
Host the board people talk about.
Three cheeses, one formula and a shopping list that already knows how many people are coming.
Free recipes from the same guide
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