Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, easy shortbread mince pies. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must 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:
- Make ready 225 g/8oz cold butter, diced
- Prepare 350 g/12oz plain flour, sifted
- Take 100 g/3.5oz golden caster sugar
- Prepare Pinch salt
- Make ready 280 g/10oz mincemeat
- Make ready 1 small egg
- Get icing sugar, to dust
Steps to make Easy Shortbread Mince Pies:
- In a large bowl, add the cold diced butter to the sifted flour.
- To make the pastry, rub together with your fingers until combined. Then mix in 100g golden caster sugar and a pinch of salt.
- 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.
- 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.
- Spoon 280g mincemeat into the pies.
- 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).
- Beat 1 small egg and brush the tops of the pies.
- Bake for 20 mins until golden. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
- To serve, lightly dust with icing sugar. They will keep for 3 to 4 days in an airtight container.
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