![]() When you make the pastry you can either cheat and use a food processor to blitz the ingredients together, but honestly, it’s so easy with a large bowl! You need to add COLD and cubed unsalted butter into a bowl, as mentioned below – and rub it all together with your fingertips. The timings, the tin I recommend etc is all on there! These ones, however, you need a 12 hole muffin tin like this one to be able to make these mince pies. If you want a post with how to bake the shortcrust pastry for one large tart – then use my salted caramel chocolate tart post. I use the same pastry base really for all of my base recipes as I just love it! It’s an easy pastry to make in my opinion – and worth the effort if you want to go all the way! Shortcrust pastry is good to make as well as it’s far less stressful than other types like puff pastry. SO… for these mince pies… I make a sweet shortcrust pastry. You can use shortcrust pastry you buy at the shop and simply roll it out the same (buy a 500g block), or even use shop-bought mincemeat. I wanted to make this recipe as homemade as possible to make it worth posting, however, there is absolutely nothing wrong with using shop-bought products to make this. One little tradition I do have however is Christmas films, Christmas music… AND MINCE PIES! This year is the year of finally posting my homemade mince pie recipe for you guys, as I cannot cope with the messages anymore requesting them haha! I am fully obsessed with Christmas, and as last Christmas was a little bit awful for everyone, I may have gone slightly overboard this year and my Christmas trees are already up. I know it is still only November, but I honestly start the festive bakes as early as I possibly can. ![]() Before I ever published them, my chocolate chip NYC cookies was probably the most highly requested bake I had ever done… but that has 100% been overtaken by these mince pies. ![]() So when I ask for recipe ideas, I always get quite a few of each… and I love it. Please see my disclosure for more details!* Easy and delicious homemade mince pies with a homemade shortcrust pastry, and homemade mincemeat filling! Delicious festive treat! Consider the environment, too! This deck is nestled in tall Georgia pines, and the warm color-Spiced Rum-pulls in the dark color of the tree trunks.*This post may contain affiliate links. “Look at your surroundings to see what hues you can pull in from nature. Lastly, Carmen recommends considering the deck's surroundings and environment when choosing a color. Consider the Deck’s Surroundings & Environment “I prefer morning, midday, and evening around sunset!,” she says. Hold them up outside near your exterior materials-you want the deck color to complement your existing colors, not compete with them or stand out too much.”Ĭarmen advises to test the samples at different times of day to see how they look in every light. "My biggest tip when you have the samples in hand is to treat them the way you would paint samples. Next, Carmen suggests testing your samples in different lighting conditions. “Once you've chosen your top three or four board colors, you can order 12-inch composite samples to match your home's other materials." 2. "First, go online to use the Trex Color Selector, one of their many design tools, to find the perfect color for your outdoor space, and then hop on over to their Deck Designer Tool to create your deck,” she says. To start, Carmen recommends using Trex's Color Selector Tool and ordering samples to get a feel for the vast array of color options available. ![]() Use Trex’s Color Selector Tool & Order Samples Three Tips to Choose a Trex Deck Color 1.
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