Name: Christmas Mince Pies
Ingredients: Shortcrust pastry dough , either homemade or shop bought; Fruit mince, either homemade or shop bought; Icing sugar (optional)

Christmas Mince Pies

Ingredients

Shortcrust pastry dough , either homemade or shop bought
Fruit mince, either homemade or shop bought
Icing sugar (optional)

Directions

Prepare

Roll out the pastry dough if needed, and cut out small rounds of dough.
Line greased tartlet pans with the dough rounds.

Fill and top

Spoon heaped teaspoons of fruit mince into each tartlet shell.
Top the tartlets with slightly smaller circles of dough, preferably cut with a fluted cutter.

Bake and serve

Bake until golden brown.
If desired, dust pies with a light sprinkling of icing sugar just before serving.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Shortcrust pastry dough: Forms the crisp, golden case and lid that hold the filling.
Fruit mince: Provides the sweet, spiced filling that gives the pies their flavour and moisture.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.