Cookie Recipes - Mini Mincemeat Tartlets Recipe

  
 

Tea Cake Recipes - Mini Mincemeat Tartlets Recipe

Ingredients

PASTRY:

  • 1 1/3 cups/200 g all purpose/plain flour

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 6 tbsp butter

  • 2 tbsp ground almonds

  • 1/4 cup/50 g sugar

  • 4 tbsp milk

  • 1/4 tsp almond extract/essence

MINCEMEAT TOPPING:

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • 2/3 cup/150 ml light corn syrup/golden syrup

  • 2 tbsp light molasses

  • 1/3 cup/40 g golden raisins

  • 1/4 cup/50 g cake crumbs

  • 2 tbsp chopped candied peel

  • 1 tbsp currants

  • 1/2 tsp allspice

  • 1 large egg

  • 5 tbsp confectioners'/icing sugar

  • 2 tbsp lemon juice + more as needed

Method:

  1. Pastry: Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

  2. Stir in the almonds and sugar. Mix in the milk and almond extract to form a soft dough.

  3. Form the dough into two 9-inch (23-cm) logs and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  4. Mincemeat Topping: Melt the butter with the corn syrup and molasses in a small saucepan.

  5. Mix in the raisins, cake crumbs, candied peel, currants, and allspice. Add the egg.

  6. Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C/gas 5. Butter and flour three 12-cup mini muffin pans. Slice 1/2 inch (1 cm) thick and press into the cups.

  7. Spoon the topping into the cups. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the pastry is golden. Cool for 5 minutes.

  8. Mix the confectioners' sugar with enough lemon juice in a small bowl. Drizzle over the tops of the cookies.