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How do I make it?

1. Preheat oven to 220C.
2. Grease 2 x 12-hole cupcake trays.
3. Sieve flour into a bowl and add cubed butter. Use your fingers to rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
4. Add a tablespoon of cold water and stir into the mixture. Continue adding water, one tablespoon at a time, until the mixture just comes together. Use your hands to work the pastry into a ball.
5. Turn pastry out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to 2-millimetre thickness. Use a circle-shaped cutter to cut out 24 circles from the pastry and place them in the prepared cupcake trays.
6. Add 1 teaspoon of fruit mince to each circle of pastry.
7. Take remaining pastry and work it back into a ball and roll out again. Cut out 24 stars using a star-shaped cutter. Place a star on top of the fruit mince and press down slightly so that it sticks.
8. Use a pastry brush to brush a little milk over the top of the stars, then cook in oven for 15-20 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown.
9. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.

TOP TIPS

1. You will need a circle-shaped cutter and a star-shaped cutter for this recipe.
2. If desired, you can dust cooled mince pies with icing sugar before serving.
3. The pastry can be made in a food processor by pulsing the flour and butter until it resembles breadcrumbs, and then adding water gradually.
4. These Mini Fruit Mince Pies can be frozen for up to 3 months so you can prepare them in advance.