Christmas Mince Pies

• QUICK FRUIT MINCEMEAT
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 100 g raisins
• 50 g sultanas
• 50 g black currants
• 50 g candied peel
• 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored and grated
• 1/3 cup chopped glace cherries
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 25 -50 ml brandy
• PASTRY
• 500 ml cake flour, loosely measured
• 50 ml cornflour
• 50 ml icing sugar
• 175 g butter
• 1 egg
• 2 ml vanilla extract

1. QUICK FRUIT MINCEMEAT:
2. Combine all ingredients and set aside for flavours to infuse.
3. PASTRY:
4. Sift flour, cornflour, and icing sugar.
5. Rub in the butter.
6. Beat egg and vanilla together then add, mixing well.
7. Knead into a ball without overhandling the pastry.
8. Roll out thinly on a floured board and cut into 3" rounds.
9. Reroll offcuts until all the pastry is used.
10. Place rounds in a patty pan, place a heaped teaspoon of filling in the middle of each pastry round and cover with second pastry round.
11. Press edges together with the prongs of a fork and prick each top twice.
12. Bake at 350F for 18-20 minutes or until pale gold.
13. Leave to cool slightly before removing to cooking rack.
14. Dust lightly with icing sugar.
15. COOKS NOTE - If you don't have a patty pan, place the pies on a cookie sheet rather than in a muffin tray, which is too deep.

butter, brown sugar, raisins, sultanas, black currants, candied peel, granny smith apple, glace cherries, cinnamon, mixed spice, nutmeg, brandy, cornflour, icing sugar, butter, egg, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/christmas-mince-pies-147423 (may not work)