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Christmas Mini Mince Pies

Janice Pattie
Christmas Mini Mince Pies are small buttery pastry pies filled with a delicious mixture of dried fruit, warming spices. Enjoy these bite-sized versions of the traditional British mince pies as a holiday treat.
5 from 7 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Pastry resting time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Baking
Cuisine British
Servings 24
Calories 128 kcal

Equipment

  • weighing scales
  • Food Processor
  • rolling pin
  • 6 cm (2.5 in) fluted pastry cutter
  • 5 cm (2 in) fluted pastry cutter
  • 2 x 12 hole mini muffin tins or 1 x 24 hole mini muffin tin
  • Teaspoon
  • Pastry brush

Ingredients
 

For the Almond Pastry

  • 200 grams plain flour all puropse
  • 40 grams ground almonds almond flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 50 grams caster sugar superfine
  • 50 grams butter
  • 50 grams shortening Trx or Crisco
  • 1 egg

To make the Christmas Mini Mince Pies

  • 350 grams mincemeat
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar to dust

Instructions
 

For the Almond Pastry

  • 200 grams plain flour, 40 grams ground almonds, 1 pinch of salt, 50 grams caster sugar
    Put the flour, sugar, salt and ground almonds into a food processor and pulse to mix the ingredients together.
  • 50 grams butter
    Add the cubes of chilled butter and process until the texture is like breadcrumbs.
    flour and butter in food processor
  • 1 egg
    Add the egg.
  • process until the dough just starts to come together. Don't overwork the pastry or it will become tough.
    pastry
  • Wrap the pastry in clingfilm and leave to rest in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.

To make the Christmas Mini Mince Pies

  • Heat the oven to 180C.
  • Lightly grease the mini muffin tin
  • Roll out the pastry to a thickness of about 5 mm
  • Use a 6 cm pastry cutter to cut out 24 rounds and place them gently into the mini muffin tin.
  • 350 grams mincemeat
    Add a teaspoon of mincemeat to each tart.
  • Using a 5 cm pastry cutter to cut out 24 tops.
    Mini Treacle Tarts pastry and rolling pin
  • 1 egg
    Brush the edge of the bases with beaten egg and add the lids pressing down firmly around the edges. Use a sharp knife to make two small holes in the top of each mince pie to let out the steam.
  • Brush the tops of the tarts with egg (optional)
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
    Mini mince pies baked in tins
  • Cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then remove to a cooling tray.
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar
    Put the icing sugar in a sieve, tea strainer, or dusting wand and dust the mini mince pies with icing sugar before serving.
    mini mine pies on plate with pine cones

Notes

If you don't have a food processor you can rub the butter into the flour and ground almond mixture by hand. 

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 117mgPotassium: 15mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 124IUCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg