Traditional Mince Pies Recipe

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Mince pies at their very best. Delicious served cold or hot with a splash of cream. Simply irresistible! Sample our Traditional Mince Pies recipe.

Ingredients:
24 oz ready to roll short crust pastry
16 oz sweet mincemeat
1 egg beaten
Hand full of flour for dusting
2 tbsp of water

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 390 degrees. Flour your workstation as well as you rolling pin, now roll your pastry out in to a thin sheet cut out 12 pastry cups with the bigger cutter. Gently place in to bun tin until the touch the bottom then fill with mince meat use the extra pastry dough to make smaller lids brush a little water on the edges of the lids now place wet side down on the open mince meat then gently push on the edges to seal. Brush the egg wash on the top of the lids. Now back for 20 min dust with icing sugar and serve.