Mince Pie Recipes

Mince pies are one of the few pastries that immediately evoke Christmassy feelings. The smell of the cinnamon-spiced fruit and flaky buttery pastry is a sure-fire way to make any house smell like a home. For a variety of mince pie recipes, take a look below.

• Homemade Mincemeat
• Traditional Suet Mincemeat
• Mince Pies with Cinnamon and Orange-Scented Pastry
• Little Eccles Mince Pies
• Kid-Friendly Mince Pies
• Crunchy Crumble Mince Pies
• Cranberry Mince Pies
• Simple Mincemeat Pastries
• Fruit and Nut Mince Pies
• Mincemeat Traybake
• Apple Mincemeat
• Mince Pie Cakes
• Custard Mince Pies
• Pear Mincemeat
• Mincemeat Tea Cake

More festive food and drink collections:

• Apple Crumble Recipe - Crumbles can be made with either fruit and sugar or there are also savoury versions.
• Apple Recipe - You can use apples in sweet desserts, make them into a snack, or combine them with savoury ingredients to make main courses.
• Bread Pudding Recipes - As well as the usual sweet bread and butter puddings, there are also savoury bread puddings that include savoury custard and cheese.
• Christmas Cake Recipes - From Bundt caked to fruitcakes, from Yule logs to rolled logs, you will find a Christmas cake right for you.
• Fig Recipes - Figs are a sweet, sticky fruit with a deliciously honeyed flavour. Because of their sticky texture and sweet flavour, they work well in puddings.
• Fondue Recipe - Traditional Alpine dish of melted cheese that is served in a communal pot in the middle of the dining table for everyone to dip into.
• Fudge Recipes - Sweet confectionery that tends to be made out of sugar, butter and milk. Fudge sets into a crumbly and smooth texture.
• Goose Recipes - Perfect for a twist on your Sunday dinner or when you have a big crowd round for a dinner party.
• Quiche Recipe - Baked dish that made mostly of eggs and milk in a pastry crust.
• Scone Recipes - Scones can be either lightly sweetened or served as a savoury bread with butter.
• Sponge Cake Recipes - Light and airy type of cake that is traditionally made with eggs, flour, sugar and butter.
• Toffee Recipes - Chocolate, vanilla, and many more flavours of this hard sweet.
• Trifle Recipe - Traditional English dessert usually made from a mixture of sponge cake, fruit, jelly, custard and cream.
• Yorkshire Pudding Recipe - Made from a batter, these are a chewy, crispy, accompaniment to any meat and vegetables.

About Mince Pies:

Mince pies are a small British sweet pie, traditionally served around Christmas time. Early mince pies contained a combination of minced meat, suet, a mixture of fruits, and various spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. During the English Civil War, the humble mince pie became banned by the Puritan authorities as it was associated with Catholic idolatry.

Luckily, the tradition of eating mince pies continued and around the Victorian era, mince pies became sweeter, and eventually, meat was taken out of the pie altogether. Now, mince pies tend to be made with a sweet shortcrust pastry and a mixture of fruit and spices.

A lot of shop-bought mince pies and mincemeat tend to contain raisins and sultanas which can put some people off mince pies - luckily for you, there are plenty of recipes below that contain no sultanas or raisins whatsoever. For the raisin fan, there are also plenty of traditional mince pie recipes as well as some tasty twists on the classic mince pie.