Medjool Date Mince Pies

Festive mince pies filled with a medjool date filling…

These festive little plant based mince pies are the perfect Christmas treat or gift for family and friends.

Details

Servings

12-14 servings

Prep time

Plant Based / Contains Nuts

Prep time

30 minutes

Cooking time

30 minutes

Ingredients

  • For the filling
  • 200g Medjool Dates

  • 120g Candied Peel

  • 80g Coconut Oil

  • 100g Coconut Sugar

  • 50g Ground Almonds

  • 50g Almond Flakes

  • 1 Cooking Apple

  • 100g Dried Cranberries

  • Zest and juice of 1 Orange

  • 1/2 tsp Cloves

  • 1 1/2 tsp Mix Spice

  • 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger

  • 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

  • 100ml Whisky

  • For the pastry
  • 400g Plain flour

  • 200g Margarine

  • 100ml Soya Milk

  • 40g Coconut Sugar

Directions

  • In a saucepan mix the filling ingredients together, simmer at low heat for 10 minutes, remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  • Mix together the pastry ingredients to form a dough and refrigerate until the filling is cool.
  • Roll out the pastry, then using a cutter, cut out pie bases and with a smaller cutter, cut out lids. Fill each base and top.
  • Bake for 40 minutes at 175°C. Dust with icing sugar.
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