Welcome to our 12 cakes of Christmas! from today until Christmas Eve we will be bringing you some incredibly Christmassy cakes, chocolates, biscuits and more! Lets get you thoroughly into the Christmas spirit and give you some inspiration for you own Christmas' at home! We're kicking off the series with these insanely easy mince pies which are a great first Christmas bake!
Merry Christmas!
You will need:
- 210g dairy free butter-
- 325g plain flour-
- 90g caster sugar or granulated sugar-
- 1 tsp mincemeat per pie-
Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 180 and take out your equipment. Add the flour and sugar into a bowl and rub in the butter until it starts to form lumps.
Knead the mix into a firm dough, don't worry if this takes a while, just keep going at it until the dough fully comes together.
2) Roll into a 5mm thick thickness and cut discs out of the dough, proceed to put these in a non stick fairy cake tray or a greased one depending on your personal preference. Fill the cases with the mincemeat and cut out some more discs to make lids, press the lids down at the sides and prick with holes to prevent any mincemeat from slipping out.
3) If you want a shiny top, coat with a light eggwash before baking, bake in the oven for 15-20minutes and set out to cool. Wait until completely cool to try and remove them from the tray as other wise they can be a bit crumbly and weak.
Perfect with some soya cream or custard flavoured with a dash of brandy or some brandy flavoured dairy free butter!
Happy Baking!
xoxox
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