Jamie's Mince Pie Cookies

Technically I haven't adapted or produced this recipe but as the Christmas season approaches I had to start testing so I tried these Jamie Oliver mince pie cookies (found on the Jamie Oliver ultimate recipes app), they are awesome! and freezable! So you can begin your baking for the Christmas season early, YAY!

For 30 cookies:

250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
140g sugar
1 egg yolk
Grated zest of one citrus fruit (as preferred)
300g flour
One 411g jar of fruit mincemeat

 Preheat your oven to 180C/gas 4 and put greaseproof baking parchment on a couple of baking trays.

Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add the egg yolk and your citrus zest and beat to combine.

Sift in the flour and then fold through MOST of the mince meat (you want to hold some of it back to put on top of your cookies before they go in the oven). Stir until it all starts to come together. I used my hands here – easier.

Pull biscuit-sized lumps from the dough, put them evenly across the trays and then press down on each one to shape into cookies. Don’t put them too close to each other – they will run out a little while in the oven.

Dot some of your saved mincemeat on top of each cookie, and then put them in the oven for about ten minutes. You want them to be golden, but still a bit doughy and chewy in the middle. I found that my oven needed about 15 minutes for this.