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Baked Shortbread Mincemeat Slices with cherries

Shortbread Mincemeat Slice

5 from 4 votes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 20
Calories: 248kcal
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A delicious Mincemeat slice perfect hot or cold! Yum

Equipment

  • 8 x 12 inch baking tray / 20.3 x 30.5cm

Ingredients

  • 400 grams Plain Flour
  • 250 grams Butter Fridge temp - cubed
  • 50 grams Golden Caster Sugar
  • 400 grams Mincemeat jar
  • 100 grams Glace Cherries halved

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 180C / 350F / Gas 4
  • First grease and line your baking tin with baking paper
  • In a large bowl add you flour and cubed fridge temperature butter, rub the butter into the flour with your finger tips until it resembles breadcrumbs
    butter rubbed into flour
  • Next stir in your sugar
  • Tip half the mix into your greased and lined tin and using a metal spoon press down and smooth
  • Open your mincemeat and using a teaspoon dot all over the base to form a layer (do not drag the mincemeat over the base else it will lift the shorbread)
  • Distribute your chopped cherries over the mincemeat
    Mincemeat Slice - shortbread base with mincemeat and cherries before the topping is placed on
  • Finally tip the remaining half of your mix over the cherries and cover the filling. You do not need to press it down
    Mincemeat Slice - shortbread pressed in the tin
  • Bake for approximately 35-40 minus until, golden brown
  • Leave to cool in the tin overnight if possible before slicing. This will help it firm up and makes it much easier to slice
    Baked Shortbread Mincemeat Slices with cherries

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Shortbread Mincemeat Slice
Amount per Serving
Calories
248
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
10
g
15
%
Saturated Fat
 
6
g
38
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
3
g
Cholesterol
 
27
mg
9
%
Sodium
 
201
mg
9
%
Potassium
 
25
mg
1
%
Carbohydrates
 
36
g
12
%
Fiber
 
1
g
4
%
Sugar
 
18
g
20
%
Protein
 
3
g
6
%
Vitamin A
 
312
IU
6
%
Calcium
 
6
mg
1
%
Iron
 
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.