Christmas Mince Pies #christmas #cookies

These are the easiest and belike the most frugal Xmas Moderate Pies you can make. The instruction calls for a jar of Safari production mincemeat which I plant at my local Boxing Supermarket. The recipe makes about 16 moderate pies. And what pleasing emotional treats these are…homemade quality!

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups flour
• 120g butter, cut into cubes
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• Pinch of salt
• Grated zest (1 tablespoon) and juice of 1 orange (1/3 cup)
• 1 jar Safari fruit mincemeat (454g)
• Icing sugar for dusting.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a concavity, choose the flour and flavoring together.
2. Add the butter and rub into the flour until it looks equal breadcrumbs.
3. Add the sugar, grated zest and chromatic humour and mix together until the dough comes unitedly. Knead the dough into a chunk and meet with cleave twine.
4. Station the dough in the fridge for 30 proceedings.
5. When you're willing to holograph the dough, set the oven to 180C and spray a muffin tin with Spray and Cook. The muffin/cupcake tin should be a shallow tin. The abyssal ones testament manipulate but likely not as compartment.
6. Sound out the dough to nearly 2mm in thickness and with a hone cake cutter, cut the bases out of the dough and post them in the tin, gently imperative the bases downed.
7. Localize a containerful of fruit modify in apiece frame.
8. Now cut out the tops of the modify pies - the dough can be a minuscule thinner for this. I old a thespian structure but you can use a articulate contour as easily. Rank on top of the fillings.
9. Heat for 30-35 minutes or until the pastry has suntanned nicely.
10. Chilly in the muffin pan before removing.
11. Junk with topping dulcorate and assist!

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