Easy mince pies
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- You'll need...
- 350g mincemeat
- 225g plain flour
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 125g butter
- 1 large egg, beaten
- milk, to glaze
- To make...
- Mix the flour, sugar together and rub in the butter together until it resembling breadcrumbs, then stir in the egg
- Roll the the mixture together into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for an hour.
- In the meantime lightly butter a 12 case baking tray.
- Roll out the pastry onto a floured surface. Cut out 12 circles with a pastry cutter, large enough to fill the cases in the baking tray. Press gently into each case, then fill evenly with the mincemeat.
- Cut out another 12 slightly smaller circles and use to cover the mincemeat. Press the edges together with the end of a fork to seal. Make a small slit in the top of each, then brush lightly with milk.
- Preheat the oven to 200 C. Bake the pies for 20 minutes until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack and serve warm.
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