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Easy Puff Pastry Mince Pies

These cute little star-topped puff pastry mince pies are super quick and easy to make – perfect when you need mince pies in a hurry! Using ready-rolled puff pastry makes these Easy Puff Pastry Mince Pies my easiest ever mince pies… and my quickest – just 5 minutes hands-on time and less than 10 minutes in the oven. And my neat little cheat means the pastry off-cuts are not wasted!

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
13 mins
Servings: 12 mince pies
Calories: 199 kcal
Course: Dessert , Snacks , Baked Goods
Cuisine: British

Ingredients

  • Small knob of butter for greasing
  • 320 g ready-rolled puff pastry (I use Jus Roll All Butter)
  • 175 g mincemeat (I use Tesco Finest – see Note 1)
  • A little milk for glazing
  • 2 tablespoons icing sugar (US - confectioners sugar) for dusting

Instructions

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  1. Take the puff pastry out of the fridge. (See Note 2.)
  2. Grease the holes of 1 cupcake tray (12 holes in total), using a little butter on some baking paper. Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C fan / gas mark 7 / 425F.
  3. When the puff pastry has been out of the fridge for 10 minutes, remove it from the packaging and unroll it. (Keep it on the baking paper, though.)
  4. Using a circle shaped cutter (NON-fluted, 7cm diameter), cut out 12 circles and place them into the greased holes of your cupcake tray.
  5. Put 1 heaped teaspoonful of mincemeat in the centre of each circle.
  6. Carefully place the remaining pastry pieces on top of each other. (See Note 3.)
  7. Roll the remaining pastry out thinly again – approximately 3mm thick. This time, cut out 12 stars, using your star shaped cutter (5cm at widest point).
  8. Place each star on top of the mincemeat, in the centre of the mince pie, and press down slightly so the star sticks.
  9. Using a pastry brush, brush over a little milk. (Not strictly necessary, but it makes the mince pies go a more golden colour.)
  10. Put the mince pies in your preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, until the pastry is puffed and golden on top.
  11. Take your mince pies out of the cupcake tin and place them on a wire rack to cool – I find it easiest to lever the mince pies out with a dessert spoon – take care not to burn yourself as they will be super-hot!
  12. While the mince pies are still warm, put a couple of tablespoons of icing sugar into a sieve and dust the icing sugar over the mince pies. (You can use an icing sugar dredger if you prefer.)
  13. The mince pies can be eaten warm or cold, on their own or with cream or custard.
  14. When the mince pies are completely cool they can be stored in a cake tin, or other air tight container… that is if there are any left!

Notes

  • This recipe uses roughly 150-200g mincemeat – roughly a third to a half of a standard 411g jar. The remaining mincemeat can be stored in the fridge to be used for future batches of mince pies or in other mincemeat recipes.
  • For best results, make sure you take the pastry out of the fridge 10 minutes before using – but no more. (Straight from the fridge the pastry is too hard but after about 15 minutes the pastry gets too soft.)
  • Puff pastry ‘puffs’ because of the layers – if you just scrunch up the leftover pastry, you’ll mess up this layering and your stars will not look as good. To avoid this problem, simply lay each piece of the offcuts one on top of each other in a stack. Press down lightly and then roll out. This will preserve the layers and ensure your stars ‘puff’ beautifully.
  • Suitable for freezing.
  • Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition Information

Calories 199kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 25g (8%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 6g Sodium 148mg (6%) Potassium 16mg (0%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 12g (24%) Vitamin A 0.3IU (0%) Calcium 3mg (0%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12mince pies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 199

% Daily Value*

Calories 199kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 25g 8%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 6g 30%
Sodium 148mg 6%
Potassium 16mg 0%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 12g 24%
Vitamin A 0.3IU 0%
Calcium 3mg 0%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.