November
27
Anika’s simple Christmas dessert recipes
Fruit mince pies:
ingredients:
- 225g cold butter, cubed
- 350g plain flour, sifted
- 100g castor sugar
- 1 jar fruit mince
- 1 egg, beaten
- icing sugar to dust
method:
- In a bowl, rub the butter through the flour and then add the sugar and a pinch of salt.Gently knead.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Set aside a 12 cup muffin tin.
- Place golf ball sized pieces of the dough in each cup and spread to the edges.
- Spoon the fruit mince into the cups. Take smaller pieces of the dough and pat into circles large enough to make lids.
- Place them on the cups and pinch together the edges. Brush with beated egg and bake for 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle icing sugar over the tops when done.
