Recipe: Perfect Mince (fruit) Pies

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Mince (fruit) Pies. Mini versions of your favorite pie! So cute, so easy - and of course, so delicious! Change up the filling and try using other fruit like peach, or blueberry.

Mince (fruit) Pies Nope, these easy Mini Fruit Pies are just adorable enough. Turn two ingredients—prepared piecrust and pie filling—into loads of fun! Inside the pies are a sweet filling - made up of your favorite fruit. You can cook Mince (fruit) Pies using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mince (fruit) Pies

  1. You need 1 of mix of Sweet Shortcrust Pastry(see my other recipes)(use margarine for Vegans).
  2. Prepare 1 of kilo Best Mincemeat Mix.
  3. Prepare 500 Grams of Glacé Cherries.
  4. It's 50-100 mls of Dark Rum.
  5. You need 2 of eggs.
  6. You need of 2 cutters, one larger than the other.
  7. Prepare of 1 star cutter (optional).

I used fresh, farm peaches but you can use. You can use this recipe to make any type of pie! Peach pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, etc! It's so easy and so versatile.

Mince (fruit) Pies step by step

  1. Chill pastry, if not already. Set aside 1/3 pastry for lids. Butter 2 x 12 cup cake tins..
  2. Put all the mincemeat and cherries into a bowl. Tip over the Rum, mix well and leave to soak while you prepare the pastry..
  3. Roll out 2/3 pastry, (for bases,) using the larger cutter cut out enough circles to fill two 12 cup cake tins. Press gently to fit..
  4. Whisk the eggs in a cup. Use a pastry brush to coat all the insides and rims of the cases..
  5. Spoon mince mix into the cups, making sure it’s not over the rims..
  6. Using trimmings, plus the other 1/3 of pastry, roll out into a sheet. Cut 24 lids with smaller cutter. Use Star cutter in centre, or pierce with a fork..
  7. Add lids to cups. Press down edges to seal. Baste with beaten egg..
  8. Cook in medium hot oven for 15-25 minutes, turning once to brown evenly. Carefully prize out of the tins, (as the liquid sticks them in!), and put on a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy! Can be frozen up to 6 months..

If you want to see the written. Canned pie filling would work too, but most pie filling is just fruit, sugar. A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in New England, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin, filled with a mixture of dried fruits and spices called "mincemeat", that is traditionally served during the Christmas season in much of the English-speaking world. These sweet and boozy mini fruit pies are the perfect recipe to add to your Holiday cookie platter! The Best Mini Fruit Pie Recipes on Yummly