It’s that time of the year I love. With a kitchen full of festive spices! You may well already know that I don’t like dried fruit. So why am I sharing a Gluten Free Mince Pies recipe?

Recipe originally published on craftwithcartwright.co.uk

The reason is this, we decided to make the whole house gluten free I as found I was still suffering with the effects of being glutened regularly. After much debate we put it down to the kids.

Although they understand my illness, they don’t always take the right care and it’s those stray crumbs that were doing me in. So our whole house is a Gluten free zone and I feel all the better for it.

Hubby is a massive Mince Pies fan and basically rolls from eating Hot Cross Buns for half the year to Mince Pies the next. So I could not deny him this pleasure. I am really pleased with the pastry texture for these Mince Pies and they got hubbies approval.

Cooking with Kids?

This is a great recipe to make with children. Get them to help with the weighing and measuring. Kids love to help rolling out the pastry and cutting out the shapes. Just ensure caution is taken when placing in and taking out of the oven.

Is it Vegan?

This recipe is suitable for people following a gluten free diet and vegetarians. The recipe could be adapted for a vegan diet, by substituting the margarine for vegan margarine. The replacing the egg with either a flax seed egg. I have a great egg replacement guide here.

Make sure to check the ingredients in the mince meat too, as many traditional ones contain beef suet.

Do I need any specialist equipment?

A rolling pin, cutters and a patty tin are essential.

If you want to speed things up you could also use a food processor to make the mince pies.

Gluten free Mince pies
Yield: 12

Gluten free Mince pies

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 225g Gluten free flour
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 110g Cooking Margarine
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 12 tsps Gluten Free Mincemeat
  • cornflour for rolling out
  • Milk to glaze

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200c
  2. Place the the flour and xanthan gum in a large mixing bowl and mix.
  3. Add the Margarine and rub in until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
  4. Add the egg and mix. You may need to add a tablespoon of water. You want the mixture to be quite soft.
  5. Place on a cornflour dusted surface and roll out.
  6. Cut out 12 60mm circles and 12 80mm circles. You will have to re-roll the pastry to do this.
  7. Place into the patty tin the larger circles.
  8. Add a tsp of mincemeat to each one.
  9. Cover each one with a smaller pastry circle and press around the edges to seal.
  10. Brush with a little milk to glaze.
  11. Place in the oven for 20-25 minutes until the tops are golden brown.
  12. Remove from the tin and allow to cool.
  13. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 161Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 18mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 3g

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© R Cartwright
Cuisine: Christmas / Category: Baking

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