Soft Mincemeat Cookies Food

MINCEMEAT COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Cream together brown sugar and shortening.
• Add in egg and mincemeat and mix well. Sift together flour, salt and baking soda and stir into mincemeat mixture.
• Drop onto cookie sheet and bake 7 - 10 minutes.

MINCEMEAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Beat the butter with both types of sugar and the salt. Beat in the egg, vanilla extract and mincemeat. Stir in the flour and bicarbonate of soda, then chill for 20 mins.
• Scoop tablespoons of the mixture onto two lined baking sheets, leaving a bit of space between each so they can spread. Bake for 10-12 mins, or until the cookies are just firm around the edges but still soft in the middle - they will firm up as they cool. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.

MINCEMEAT DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg and beat well.
• Add mincemeat, mixing well.
• Combine flour, soda, and salt; mix well, and stir into creamed mixture.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees F.
• for 18 to 20 minutes.

SOFT MINCEMEAT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and mincemeat. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts if desired. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

MINCEMEAT COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking sheet. Drop by tablespoon onto baking sheet. Bake 15 mins.

MINCEMEAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In large bowl, beat shortening and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs; beat well.
• Stir together dry ingredients; gradually ad to shortening mixture.
• Mix well.
• Stir in mincemeat.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto greased baking sheets.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.
• Frost if desired.

OLD FASHIONED MINCEMEAT FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• GETTING READY 1. In a medium sized bowl, combine flour, salt and baking powder and mix well. 2. Sieve this flour mixture and keep aside. 3. In a large glass bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs and lemon peel. Using a electric beater, beat till mixture turns fluffy and light. 4. Add flour, little by little, and gently fold till all the flour has gone into the mixture. 5. Using a rubber spatula, shape the prepared mixture into a ball of dough and cover well with foil or wax paper. 6. Refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours or overnight. MAKING 7. In a medium sized bowl, combine walnuts, lemon juice and mincemeat. Mix well and keep aside. 8. Grease baking trays using butter. 9. In a small bowl, combine egg yolk and water and mix well to prepare egg wash. Keep aside. 10. Preheat oven to 187.5C (375F). 11. Remove refrigerated dough and divide into 4 equal parts. 12. Keeping aside one portion of dough, refrigerate rest remaining 3 till required to be rolled out. 13. Dust working surface with flour, place the dough and roll 1/8 inch thick. 14. Using 2 ½ inch size cookie cutters, cut various shapes like heart shape, round shape, scallop shape, diamond shape etc. 15. Carefully place on greased baking trays, keeping them at 1 inch distance from each other. You may use a wooden spatula to transfer them from the working surface to the trays. 16. Over each cookie, place 1 teaspoon of mincemeat mixture and cover with other cookie. 17. Dust a fork with flour and use to seal edges of cookies. 18. Using a pastry brush, apply egg wash on each cookie top. 19. Sprinkle granulated sugar on top and bake for 12 minutes or till light brown in colour. 20. Once baked, keep aside to cool. SERVING 21. Serve plain, frosted or with a glass of warm milk. They can also be served chilled. TIPS You can place them in zip lock bags and deep freeze. When you want to serve, remove them from zip lock bags and allow to stand for an hour at room temperature before serving.

THE BEST MINCEMEAT COOKIES (PRIZE COOKIES)

Steps:

• 1. PRE HEAT OVEN TO 375F. IN LARGE MIXER BOWL, BEAT SHORTENING AND SUGAR UNTIL FLUFFY. ADD EGGS, BEAT WELL. STIR TOGETHER DRY INGREDIENTS: GRADUALLY ADD TO SHORTENING MIXTURE. MIX WELL. STIR IN MINCEMEAT. DROP BY ROUNDED TEASPOONFULS, 2 INCHES APART, ONTO GREASED BAKING SHEETS. BAKE 8 TO 10 MINUTES OR UNTIL LIGHTLY BROWNED. *** NOTE DO NOT OVER COOK THEY WILL GET TO DRY.. THEY ARE TO BE MOIST.. THIS IS A CAKE LIKE COOKIE