Blogmas | Day 7 | Mince Pies

Mince pies are my favourite sweet treats around Christmas. You just can't go wrong! Today's I've got a recipe for you, which is unbelievably easy and when you've made them yourself they're just so much nicer!

You will need...

• 1 mixing bowl
• 225g diced butter
• 350g plain flour
• 3 tbsp of water
• Rolling pin
• 1 large circular cutter
• 1 jar of mince meat
• 1 star cutter
• Muffin/cupcake baking tray
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. Sift your flour into the mixing bowl, then chuck in the butter. 
2. Rub the butter and the flour, lifting your fingers up to the top of the bowl, until you get a breadcrumb texture. 
3. Add 1 tbsp of water and start to push together your mixture together into a ball. 
4. Slowly add the rest of the water until the mixture has formed a ball.
5. Let the mixture sit for a while, whilst you grease the tin. 
6. Separate the mixture into 2 thirds and 1 third. The bigger section will be for the bases and the smaller one will be for the lids. 
7. Using the rolling pin, roll out the larger ball until it is the thickness of a pound coin, then cut out the bases with the ciruclar cutter, placing them in the tray like muffin cases. 
8. One you've used all of the mixture from the larger ball, use a tablespoon to spoon the mincemeat into each case. Use as little or as much as you want!
9. Roll out the smaller ball to a similar thickness and then cut out the stars.
10. Place the stars on top of the mincemeat like lids.
11. Before you place them in the oven, mix the egg in a jug and brush it over the tops of the mince pies. 
12. Place in the oven for 20 minutes or until they are golden brown.

Enjoy!

Georgia.xo