Tfiosgirly: Mince Pies

Hi Guys!

In this post I will be telling you how to make mince pies. They were really fun to make and taste AMAZING.

This is the end result:

For utensils/equipment, you will need:

A knife
A cup
A large bowl
A rolling pin
A small bowl
A pastry brush
A fork
Your hands
A glass or large, round cookie cutter (I used a large jar lid)
A teaspoon
Weighing scales

Ingredients:

8oz/200g plain flour
2oz/50g butter
2oz/50g lard
water to mix
mince meat (no particular amount)
1 egg

Method; Firstly set your oven to around 200 degrees celsius.

With your fingers rub in the lard, butter and flour.

I think this is the fun thing about baking. Getting your hands dirty!!!

I was so excited to make these as they are so festive and delicious!

I am not a big fan of shop bought mince pies and much prefer homemade ones.

Your mixture should now look something like this;

Then get your water and knife to mix your pastry.

When you are done it should form large lumps so you can roll it into a ball.

Next, sprinkle some flour on your surface and on your rolling pin.

Then roll out your pastry to around 3mm.

Next get your tins and cookie cutters ready.

Although I have got a round cookie cutter here, I changed my mind after and went for the mince meat jar lid because the cutter didn't make a deep enough pie.

I used a star for the top because I think it looks really festive but I did do a couple with ordinary lids and a little pastry holly on top.