As an American living in England, I had never previously had or heard of Mince Pies. Despite beef being called ‘mince’ when it’s ground in the UK, Mince Pies do not contain any meat anymore and actually are a really lovely, sweet treat that’s super popular around the wintertime! Mince pies can be found in loads of stores – we have a ranking list of our favorites – but this year we decided to do some experimenting and try out own! We ended up loving a super fruity mince pie that we had made, and it was so easy and fun to do!
Fruity Mince Pie
Ingredients
- 1 jar Mince Pie Mix Your favorite brand
- 1 Apple
- 2 Oranges
- 1 Lemon
- 2 packages Ready Roll Shortcrust
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 200 degress C
- Add all of your Mince Pie Mix (meat) into a bowl.
- Zest your orange into the bowl. Then, peel the orange and chop the segments into little pieces. Add it to the bowl.
- Finely chop the apple (skin on) into little pieces and add it to the bowl.
- Zest your lemon and add it to the bowl.
- Mix this well so that fruit is well combined.
- Roll out short crust dough and cut circles big enough for your muffin tin.
- Press these dough circles into your muffin tin to make the base.
- Use a cookie cutter of your choice to create a top out of the dough, for the top of your mince pie.
- Place two or three spoonfuls of mince pie mix into each muffin tin, on top of the crust, then top with the cookie cutter bit of dough.
- Bake for 15 or 20 minutes, until golden brown and bubbly.
- Remove from muffin tin before they cool, using a spoon, and place on a cooking rack.
You can always brush a bit of egg on the top of each of your mince pies, if you’d like a more even color, however we didn’t have any eggs lying around at this time! The mince pies came out so nice, they are very sweet, very fruity, and quite decadent. We use a mix that’s got maple and pecans in it, which is quite nutty and complements the fruit very well.
You can get the whole family into creating mince pies, as it’s easy for little ones to stir and scoop out the mix into the pie dough shells. It’s also fun to let everyone in your family pick different cookie cutters, so that they can know exactly what pies they created and eat those up themselves. We always have fun cooking together – and it’s a great chance to get everyone involved! Mince Pies are not very common in America – and they do have a confusing name – but they are very delicious and apart of our Christmas traditions now! I hope you get the chance to try out this recipe and enjoy it.
This post is a part of our Blogmas series, with each and every post being about Christmas or Winter.
They look amazing. I’ll definitely pass the recipe on to my wife – she can bake, unlike me; I’m more a burning specialist!
Oh noes! Burning is never great.
This looks like a delicious recipe that I need to try! Thanks for sharing.
Hope you enjoy it!
Those look delicious l
They tasted great too!
These look amazing. I’ll be honest, I’ve never had a mince pie before but with all those fruits, who wouldn’t love it?
I didn’t have them until I came to England, and prefer it with fruit.
My, these mince pies look so good! Ever since watching the Great British Baking Show, I have a deeper respect for pastries and confections.
Stollen is one of my favorite ways to eat fruit soaked in rum, but I love crispy, buttery pastries packed with flavorful fruit or meat. 🙂
Dann is a big Stollen fan!
This looks SO delicious! My grandmother used to make the entire pie! I love your smaller portions. I can’t wait to try your recipe! 🙂
I hope you enjoy it!
I use to like mince pies as a kid, but somewhere along the way I just stopped liking them. No idea way. Sounds like a good recipe though which I’m sure others will enjoy
Tastes do sometimes change!
You can never go wrong with Mince Pies! They look absolutely delicious, yum!
They are so good!