Grandmas Delicious Mincemeat Pie Food

MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients. Refrigerate 8 hours.
• Heat oven to 425ºF. Remove mincemeat mixture from refrigerator; let stand at room temperature until ready to use.
• Place flour in large bowl. Cut in cream cheese and butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Shape dough into 2 balls; flatten each into disk. Wrap each tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Place 1 disk of dough between 2 lightly floured sheets of waxed paper; roll into 11-inch round. Discard top sheet of waxed paper; invert dough into 9-inch pie plate. Remove remaining sheet of waxed paper; press dough evenly onto bottom and up side of pie plate, being careful not to stretch the dough. Trim any dough hanging over edge of pie plate with sharp knife or kitchen shears; reserve trimmings for decorative use, if desired. (See tip.)
• Spoon mincemeat mixture into crust. Roll out remaining dough to 10-inch round; place over pie. Seal and flute edge. Cut several slits in top crust to permit steam to escape.
• Bake, on bottom oven rack, 40 to 45 min. or until pastry is golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack.

GRANDMA'S DELICIOUS MINCEMEAT PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425F
• Sift flour and salt in a bowl and roll in the margarine and lard until you've created a breadcrumb consistency
• Slowly add cold water while using a round-bladed knife to bind the pastry together until you've created a dough
• Knead sparingly
• Place on a flat, floured surface and use a rolling pin to roll into a thin sheet
• Cut rounds of pastry that are the same size as your greased tartlet tin* and place on top
• Cover about ⅓ of the round of pastry with mince meat, add another round of pastry on top, and stick the 2 pieces of pastry together with a little water around the edges
• Bake 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown
• Carefully remove from tartlet tin and place on cooling rack
• Dust with icing sugar when cool

OLD TIME MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine beef and apple cider. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes, or until meat is tender. Remove meat and coarsely chop, then return it to the pot.
• Stir in chopped apples, sugar, currants, raisins, citrus peel, butter and cherry preserves. Add ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Let simmer, uncovered, over low heat until mixture is very thick, about 90 minutes. Stir in cherries and remove from heat.
• Refrigerate tightly covered for at least a week before using.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Put filling in unbaked pie shell and place pastry on top. Crimp edges and poke several holes in top pastry. Brush top with cream and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

MOM'S MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 2. Peel and chop the apples. Place the apples into a medium bowl. Pour the brandy over the apples and stir to coat.
• 3. Add the mincemeat. Stir to combine with the apples.
• 4. Place a pie crust into a deep dish pie pan. Press the crust down to fit the pan. Pour the mincemeat mixture into the crust. Top with second crust, tucking edges under and fluting the rim. Cut a couple of slits in the top crust for vents.
• 5. Bake 30 minutes until heated through. Serve warm.
• 6. Notes: You can make a lattice for the top crust if you prefer. You can omit the brandy, if you don't like alcohol.