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Mincemeat star cookies

You can make many different types of  treats with mincemeat such as these mincemeat star cookies (see morerecipes with mincemeat here>>). I used ready rolled shortcrust pastry, but feel free to make your own special pastry, which can be vegan or gluten-free too.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pack sweet short crust pastry
  • ½ jar mincemeat approx.
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 1 Tbsp Icing sugar
  • Icing sugar to dust

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Mix the cinnamon powder with icing sugar and dust the pastry with this. Spread some mincemeat all over the pastry.
  3. Turn the pasty over and flatten it with a rolling pin into a thin, about 3 mm thick, pastry.
  4. Using a cookie cutter, cut out star shapes.
  5. Put these on a baking tray, lined with parchment paper.
  6. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until golden.
  7. Let them cool, then dust with icing sugar just before serving.