Deep Filled Mince Pies For Christmas

[@johnbassett5407]

Undoubtedly the best mince pies. Forget Christmas I could eat them every day. The pastry is delectable. Yum!

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi John. Thanks very much. I am glad you enjoy them. These are the ones I make every year now.

[@johnbassett5407]

@@geoffsbakingblog I was wondering if you use this pastry in any of your other recipes Geoff?

[@geoffsbakingblog]

@@johnbassett5407 I don't use this particular pastry often but I have another similar pastry which I use for Strawberry Cream Cheese Tarts which works very well too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2TZoJ6jl8aNpsU&ab_channel=GeoffCooper

[@wtglb]

Geoff, you’re a man after my own heart, you clean your beaters exactly the same way I do! Like you, I make sure to get every bit of the ingredients into the bowl as is humanly possible 😆

[@geoffsbakingblog]

HI Swamper60. I noticed that I left that in the video, but I must admit that I do like to get every ounce possible into the recipe. It must be needed or it wouldn't be there in the first place, LOL.

[@wtglb]

Geoff Cooper oh don’t eliminate it from the video, it’s like watching myself when I cook 😆Excellent work as always, the pies look divine, thank you so much! 👍🏻

[@julie-joywilliams7280]

I enjoied this before and will make this again this year! very good!

[@geoffsbakingblog]

HI Julie-Joy. I will be making them too, I just love them.

[@norinefitzgerald5259]

Hello Geoff , I’m new to your channel and was really happy to see the vanilla added to the pastry. Fashioning the pastry by hand was also a delightful surprise. Thank you and now I’m off to try this recipe.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Norine, welcome to the channel. I am glad you liked the video and hope you enjoy this recipe when you try it. I find the pastry so easy to work with and it is so light and crumbly.

[@joeslaughter-rw3nx]

I was looking for a mincemeat pie recipe. Thank you so much for this video. Just in time for Thanking or Christmas.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Joe. You are welcome. I hope you make some, and enjoy them.

[@davidcain8903]

These are fabulous Geoff, I’ve made them twice now and will definitely be making more in the run up to Christmas this year.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

HI David. That's great. I am glad you enjoy them. I will be making some for Christmas too.

[@missswish3727]

I will try them ready for Christmas early Thanks Geoff

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Miss Swish. I do hope you enjoy them.

[@bensonoct]

They are amazing made 2 batches thank you

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Bensonoct. That's great. I am glad you enjoyed them.

[@yvonnegillman5095]

I've never seen pastry made lìke that before, my pastry attempts usually end up lìke concrete! 😅 My hubby looked worried this week when I bought a jar of mincemeat BUT.....I will give your recipe a go! If not, it's back to Tesco finest, lol.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Yvonne, these are very easy really. I hope they turn out well for you. Please let me know. Just one extra tip that will help. When preheating the oven place a baking tray on the shelf so that it gets hot. Then place the aluminium cups, or the muffin tray on that hot tray. That will kick-start the baking of the bottom on the pies so you don't get a bit of a soggy bottom.

[@pixieb8952]

Hello Geoff nice to see the good old English classic mince pie reminds me of my childhood and the anticipation of going to visit different members of the family who would open up a large tin brimming with fruity smelling pies dusted in caster sugar . absolute bliss a real herald of the coming Christmas time and even more exciting if you got a blob of brandy butter on the side of the plate!!! Thank you Geoff l will award you ten out of ten ❄️❄️⛄☕🍽️ all the best and happy mince pie eating..

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Pixie B. I am glad these brought back memories for you. I love the smell of warm mince pies. With mine I thought it best to hand them over to family members before I ate them all myself, which I could easily have done. Of course that means I shall have to make more. LOL.

[@wurlitzer895]

Hi there Geoff!! A wonderful recipe, and for me a totally new way to make pastry, but the result looks so light and delicious. Thank you yet again. A good time to wish you and your family all the very best for a happy Christmas, and a healthy, successful 2023 with many more baking videos for us all to enjoy. Peter A :) :) :)

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Peter A. Thanks very much. I do love this pastry, particularly as mince pies. Perfect for Christmas. I hope you have a great Christmas too.

[@wurlitzer895]

@@geoffsbakingblog Thanks Geoff!! Hope to 'speak' again soon. Take care and all the very best as always. Pete A :) :) :)

[@brucebowen100]

Geoff baked a mincemeat pie and 'twere so good to eat. Grammercy for the video, geoff and hast a most merry christmas. Bless thou, the meetest baker 'i all of England.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Oh I thankest thou most kindly.

[@susanfryer1616]

Thankyou they look delicious

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Susan, thanks very much. They tasted so good.

[@souma8789]

Thank you

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Sou Ma, thanks very much.

[@julie-joywilliams7280]

I am so glad I found this one as well! and so pleased that you have so generously given directions on how to make the mince filling as here in California it will be a bit of a challenge to find store bought mince filling. Question on the spice will that be like cloves and nutmeg and mace and cinnamon ? also might be hard for me to find mixed peel so I may have to make my own would that be a mix of candied citrus peel chopped up? I think I will be able to make do. I do love a mince tart or pie now and again and we do not have them in our bakery shops here. it's a shame... so thank you again... so tomorrow I will binge watch more of your wonderful contributions...

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Julie-Joy. I hope you enjoy the mince pies when you make them. As for the mincemeat I used mixed spice that is ready made. The ingredients, as listed are cinnamon, coriander seed, nutmeg, clove, pimento(all spice)and ginger. Usually in the UK the order in which ingredients are listed in order of the % of each ingredient. So the largest amount would be cinnamon. All the spices are ground, of course. If you want to make up a batch of mixed spice, which can be used in things like fruit cake, Christmas cake, Tea loaves etc, you could try this list of ingredients : 1 tablespoon quality ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons ground allspice(pimento) 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoons ground coriander 3/4 teaspoon ground mace (this is the outer husk of nutmeg. if you don't have it add a little extra nutmeg). As I mentioned in the blog entry, you can use butter instead of suet if you can't find that.

[@henriettahenson]

I really like the look of these a big dollop of clotted cream with Brandy and Christmas has arrived. 🎅❤️🤶

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Miss Swish. I do hope you enjoy them.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Henrietta, the earlier response was to someone else. Yes a nice big dollop of said cream would be great.

[@henriettahenson]

@@geoffsbakingblog oh I'm upset now... Lol..... I thought miss Swish was a great title I'd like to think I was a bit Swish 💋😂😂😂

[@geoffsbakingblog]

@@henriettahenson LOL. But Miss Swish might be offended if I gave you her title.

[@henriettahenson]

@@geoffsbakingblog awwww OK l understand 🤗💋

[@SoloMan248]

Great recipe. Tastes Great. And yes I did quickly go out to sainsburys and buy all ingredients. It's surprisingly easy to make

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Draconic Disciple. Oh that's fast. Do let me know how you get on with the recipe. I hope you enjoy the mince pies.

[@SoloMan248]

@@geoffsbakingblog yeah the recipe was easy to follow. Clear and more but the only thing I found was hard was using my hands for the dough(obviously because that requires work :). )

[@geoffsbakingblog]

@@SoloMan248 LOL, just a little bit of work. But the rewards.....

[@SoloMan248]

@@geoffsbakingblog yes amazing rewards

[@SandyKH]

You inspired me with vanilla in the pastry. I also have to use my muffin tin, as I don't have a smaller pan at the moment. I would like to see what the family thinks of my mincemeat before I make such an investment. I am wondering if paper liners would help or hurt. Hmmm. You got me thinking, but the mince needs to marry a bit longer before I go at it. Thanks for the video. I will also try to press the dough into the cups or holes, what shall I call them? All that to say, thanks for posting! Have a very merry Christmas!

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Sandra Kaye Hansen. A muffin tin will be good for these. You can fill them part way up the side with pastry, or all the way. That way you can have a smaller pie or a deep filled mince pie. I tend to call the holes cups. I wouldn't use paper cases as I don't think the pastry needs it, The pastry should not stick in a non-stick pan. I do hope you enjoy your mincemeat and the pies. Merry Christmas to you too.

[@raymondgimay4642]

Hi Geoff,must look to see if I can find mincemeat in the supermarket. I don't think I have ever saw it here. I have never made mince pies before.These look so lovely. I haven't started any Christmas baking yet. Many thanks for another lovely recipe Geoff.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Patricia, if you can't find mincemeat below the video is a link to my recipe to make mincemeat at home. This recipe is very good as it creates the most tender pastry which just crumbles in the mouth.

[@raymondgimay4642]

@@geoffsbakingblog Thank you Geoff,if I can't find it I shall try to make it then.So pleased that you have done a recipe too for it. Yes i could see that your pastry was wonderful. I love that kind of pastry. Made your sausage rolls last week they were really lovely,we really loved them.Thank you dear Geoff.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

@@raymondgimay4642 Hi Patricia. If you don't find the mincemeat in your shops you will find the recipe very easy to make your own. I am glad you enjoyed the sausage rolls. I have to make more for Christmas, and more mincepies. LOL

[@raymondgimay4642]

@@geoffsbakingblog Hi Geoff,me too. Busy baking days ahead to look forward too.:-)

[@soumayah75]

It seems effectively nice and tender! Merci,

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Danah75. Yes the pastry was wonderfully tender.

[@BakingWithElliott]

These look great - the best festive treat! Thank you for sharing Geoff 👍

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Elliott, thanks very much.

[@lindih111]

Thank you very much Geoff💕

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Lindi, you are most welcome.

[@marymary5494]

These look delicious. Thank you. 👌💕

[@geoffsbakingblog]

Hi Mary Mary. I must admit that I have a weak spot for mince pies. These were truly delicious.

[@marymary5494]

My family loves them too @@geoffsbakingblog. Definitely going to try these. 😊

[@geoffsbakingblog]

@@marymary5494 Oh good. I do hope you enjoy them.