Healthy Christmas Mince Pies
We’re warming up our winter with these mouth-watering, gluten and sugar free mince pies. Why don’t you join us? These delicious treats are loaded with goodness, healthy and super easy to make.
Fill your Christmas with nutrition and flavour, but without the guilt.
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Summary
Recipe Name
Healthy Christmas Mince Pies Recipe
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Cook Time
Total Time
Serves
8 pies
Prep
15 mins
Cook
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Dietary
DF, GF, VEG
Ingredients:
For the pastry:
200g/7oz ground almonds
100g/3.5oz gluten free oats (or around 100g/3.5oz ground almonds)
50g/2oz coconut oil
1 egg
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1 tbsp. honey
For the filling:
Juice and zest from 1 orange
135g/5oz raisins
110g/4oz dried cranberries
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
Optional: Desiccated coconut to serve.
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 160C/320F.
- Combine all the ingredients for the pastry in a large bowl and mix well then set aside.
- Add all the ingredients for the filling to a saucepan and leave to simmer on a low heat for 20-30 minutes.
- Grease 8 cupcake tins with coconut oil then press in the pastry mixture. Push the mixture to the bottom of each tin then up the sides. The pastry should be about ½ cm thick.
- Add to the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Roll out the leftover pastry and make your toppings from cutters or cut them out by hand in the shape of holly or Christmas stars.
- Remove the pastry from the oven and add a spoonful of the mince pie filling to each of the pastry cases then top with your stars or holly.
- Bake for 30 minutes then sprinkle with desiccated coconut to serve.
