Recipe of Ultimate Easy Shortbread Mince Pies

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In a large bowl, add the cold diced butter to the sifted flour. To make the pastry, rub together with your fingers until combined. Combine the pastry into a ball - don't add liquid - and knead it briefly. Brush the tops of the pies with the beaten egg.

Easy Shortbread Mince Pies is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Easy Shortbread Mince Pies is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy shortbread mince pies using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Shortbread Mince Pies:

1. Make ready g/8oz cold butter, diced
2. Make ready g/12oz plain flour, sifted
3. Prepare g/3.5oz golden caster sugar
4. Get salt
5. Get g/10oz mincemeat
6. Make ready small egg
7. Take icing sugar, to dust

Easy Shortbread Mince Pies step by step In a large bowl, add the cold diced butter to the sifted flour. To make the pastry, rub together with your fingers until combined. Serve warm or cold, lightly dusted with icing sugar if you wish. Making mince pies can honestly be as simple or complicated as you want it to be.

Instructions to make Easy Shortbread Mince Pies:

1. In a large bowl, add the cold diced butter to the sifted flour.
2. To make the pastry, rub together with your fingers until combined. Then mix in 100g golden caster sugar and a pinch of salt.
3. Combine the pastry into a ball – don’t add liquid – and knead it briefly. The dough will be fairly firm, like shortbread dough. You can use the dough immediately, or chill for later.
4. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C/392F. Line 18 holes of two 12-hole patty tins, by pressing small walnut-sized balls of pastry into each hole.
5. Spoon 280g mincemeat into the pies.
6. Take slightly smaller balls of pastry than before and pat them out between your hands to make round lids, big enough to cover the pies. Top the pies with their lids, pressing the edges gently together to seal – you don’t need to seal them with milk or egg as they will stick on their own. (The pies may now be frozen for up to 1 month).
7. Beat 1 small egg and brush the tops of the pies.
8. Bake for 20 mins until golden. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
9. To serve, lightly dust with icing sugar. They will keep for 3 to 4 days in an airtight container.

Serve warm or cold, lightly dusted with icing sugar if you wish. Making mince pies can honestly be as simple or complicated as you want it to be. On the simple end, you can purchase ready-made mincemeat and use pre-made pie crust for a super easy dessert. Simply spoon the mince into the crust. These Easy Peasy Mini Mince Pies are much smaller and made with a simple, savoury pastry, which I think perfectly complements the sweetness of the mincemeat.

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