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Easy and delicious homemade mince pies with a homemade shortcrust pastry, and homemade mincemeat filling! Delicious festive treat!<\/h2>\n

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Festive bakes<\/h3>\n

So when I ask for recipe ideas, I always get quite a few of each… and I love it. Before I ever published them, my chocolate chip NYC cookies<\/a> was probably the most highly requested bake I had ever done… but that has 100% been overtaken by these; mince pies. <\/p>\n

I know it is still only November, but I honestly start the festive bakes as early as I possibly can. I am fully obsessed with Christmas, and as last Christmas was a little bit awful for everyone, I may have gone slightly overboard this year and my Christmas trees are already up. <\/p>\n

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Mince pies<\/h3>\n

One little tradition I do have however is Christmas films, Christmas music… AND MINCE PIES! This year is the year of finally posting my homemade mince pie recipe for you guys, as I cannot cope with the messages anymore requesting them haha! <\/p>\n

I wanted to make this recipe as homemade as possible to make it worth posting, however, there is absolutely nothing wrong with using shop-bought products to make this. You can use shortcrust pastry you buy at the shop and simply roll it out the same (buy a 500g block), or even use shop-bought mincemeat.<\/p>\n

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Pastry<\/h3>\n

SO… for these mince pies… I make a sweet shortcrust pastry. I use the same pastry base really for all of my base recipes as I just love it! It’s an easy pastry to make in my opinion – and worth the effort if you want to go all the way! Shortcrust pastry is good to make as well as it’s far less stressful than other types like puff pastry. <\/p>\n

If you want a post with how to bake the shortcrust pastry for one large tart – then use my salted caramel chocolate tart<\/a> post. The timings, the tin I recommend etc is all on there! These ones, however, you need a 12 hole muffin tin<\/a> like this one to be able to make these mince pies. <\/p>\n

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When you make the pastry you can either cheat and use a food processor to blitz the ingredients together, but honestly, it’s so easy with a large bowl! You need to add COLD and cubed unsalted butter into a bowl, as mentioned below – and rub it all together with your fingertips.<\/p>\n

It’s like making a gingerbread dough – you want the mixture to rub together to resemble bread crumbs, and then add the ‘wet’ ingredients and mix to make the dough. <\/p>\n

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Tools and tips<\/h3>\n

I use these round metal cutters for my pastry base<\/a> and top – I like use the fluted side for a pretty pattern, but this is completely up to you. For the base of the mince pies, I use the 11cm size cutter, and for the top I use the 7.5cm cutter! As an additional extra to use up the pastry, I used a small heart cutter<\/a>! <\/p>\n

I don’t ever see the issue with using shop-bought products – this post may be here for you purely for the timings of how long to bake the mince pies for, or how to roll them out – and that is totally okay! You can even buy shop-bought mincemeat, and then add in the spices for an extra kick – it’s up to you! <\/p>\n

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Mincemeat<\/h3>\n

For these mince pies, you don’t have to bake the pastry blind, so that skips an often annoying step! You just need to make the mincemeat. It’s often better to make the mincemeat first so it’s cooled and ready to bake – so there is a top tip for you. Also, the mincemeat lasts for up to six months in a sealed sterilised jar! <\/p>\n

The mincemeat is surprisingly easy to make – add all the ingredients into a pan and heat and melt and stir until combined. Stir in the brandy, and you are done! Once it’s cooled, it’s ready to bake into the mince pies! <\/p>\n

Serving mince pies<\/h3>\n

I love serving my mince pies with double cream, as it just looks so good, and it’s the classic serving choice for me – but you can use clotted cream, ice cream or even custard! It’s entirely up to you. Enjoy! x<\/p>\n

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Easy and delicious homemade Mince Pies with a homemade shortcrust pastry, and homemade mincemeat filling! Delicious festive treat!<\/span><\/div>\n