Mincemeat Shortbread Recipe
Our latest mincemeat recipe is this fantastic Mincemeat Shortbread, a great way of using up leftover mincemeat or something to make as an alternative to mince pies.
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients
- 250 g butter at room temperature
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 350 g plain flour
- 300 g mincemeat
To finish
- A little granulated sugar or caster sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
- Grease or line a baking tin. I use an 8 inch square one.
- Cream the butter and caster sugar in a bowl with the vanilla.
- Add the flour and mix well until it comes together to form a dough.
- Roll or press half of the dough into the base of the tin.
- Spread mincemeat over the dough.
- Roll out the rest of the dough and press on top of the mincemeat layer. Prick all over with a fork.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 30-35 minutes until lightly golden browned and then remove from the oven.
- Sprinkle with sugar and leave to cool completely in the tin before cutting into squares or slices.