Mince pies
These are really easy to make and are one of the most festive foods at Christmas.
If you buy your shortcrust pastry and mincemeat, you can make a dozen mince pies in a few minutes and there are lots of different ways to decorate them.
If you want to make everything from scratch then allow a little more time to make them. We've got easy recipes for pastry and mincemeat.
Whether you want to make everything yourself or use shop-bought ingredients, these can all be put in the freezer. You could do it in a number of ways:
- Make the ingredients yourself and put in the freezer until you're ready to bake.
- Create your mince pies but store them in the freezer - then just defrost and put them in the oven when you want to bake them.
- Create and bake your mince pies, allow them to cool and store them in the freezer. When you want to eat them just defrost them and reheat.
Choose from these delicious mince pie recipes
Decorative mince pies
Deluxe mince pies
Mini star mince pies
Traditional mince pies
Star-shaped mince pies
Gluten and diary-free mince pies
By Anna Penniceard and Catherine Archer
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