Dessert for 4

Mince Pies

Name: Mince Pies
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British and Irish
Ingredients: 225 g butter; 350 g plain flour; 100 g caster sugar; 280 g mincemeat; 1 small egg; topping icing sugar

$5.86for 455 minServes 4

Buttery pastry holds sweet mincemeat filling, then bakes until golden before receiving a light icing sugar topping.

Photo: TheMealDB

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical	8 oz	$3.17Typical price
	Jelly, 10 oz$0.16/oz typical	10 oz	$1.58Typical price
	Eggs, 1$0.30 each typical	1	$0.30Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$5.86

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

FlourSugar and brown sugar

Not included in the cost.

55 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
4servings as written
$typical cost tier

British and Irish Budget Desserts

Typical price

$1.47 per serving$5.86 for 4

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Ingredients

225 g butter
350 g plain flour
100 g caster sugar
280 g mincemeat
1 small egg
topping icing sugar

Steps

Rub the butter into the flour and sugar until crumbly, then mix in the egg to form a dough.
Chill the dough for 15 minutes, then roll it out and cut rounds for the bases and lids.
Press the bases into a greased 12-cup muffin pan, fill them with mincemeat, and cover with the pastry lids.
Heat the oven to 375 F and bake the pies for 25 minutes, until golden.
Cool the pies for 5 minutes, then dust them with icing sugar.