Only a few days left until Christmas, so it’s time for festive baking! These Mince Pies are one of the basic, simple and delicious mini pies you can make!

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This year is the first year I made Minced Pies, but now they’ll be regulars in my kitchen for sure! It was easier to make than I originally thought, and even more delicious! You can sprinkle them with icing sugar at the end, but I’m not quite fond of it on desserts, so I just skipped it.

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Mince Pies – Blogmas 2017 Day 20
Mince Pies - Blogmas 2017 Day 20
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Butter
- 2 1/2 cups Flour
- 1 Egg
- 2 cups Trail mix
- 2 Carrots
- 1/2 cup Raisin Optional, I know there are a lot of people who don't like it
- 1 Apple
- 1 Orange's Zest
- 1 cup Water
Instructions
- Mix the sugar, butter, flour, and egg until it's well combined and it forms a dough. (It may look like it won't combine, but keep mixing, and use your hand if you need to!)
- Wrap the dough in a clean foil and let it rest in the fridge until your filling is ready.
- Preheat the oven.
- Peel and grate the carrots and the apple.
- Mix them with the trail mix, the orange zest, and the raisins.
- Cook them with the water for 10-15 minutes or until everything softens. Let it cool a little and with a hand blender, blend it a bit so it doesn't contain large pieces.
- In the meanwhile, roll out the dough and cut round shapes in the size of your cupcake form.
- Cut little stars from the remaining dough.
- Push the dough into a cupcake pan or cupcake liners.
- Fill them with the filing, then add the stars.
- Bake it for about 15-20 minutes (or until the edge of the dough starts to turn golden, it burns quickly!) on medium-high heat.
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