leftover mincemeat

These Mincemeat Muffins are tender, spicy and so festive!  And they're a great way to use up leftover mincemeat.

Mincemeat Muffins

flour

sugar

tsp baking powder

tsp salt

butter

apple juice

eggs

mincemeat

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

In a separate bowl, melt the margarine, then stir in the apple juice and eggs. Beat well.

Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and combine.

This recipe will make 12 medium sized muffins, so fill a muffin tin with 12 paper liners.

Fill each muffin cup about 2/3 full with the batter. Or if you would like a mincemeat centre see the Tips below.

If you are adding the rum topping, do it at this step. Just mix the rum and sugar together, and add a generous 1 to 2 tsp of the mixture to the top of each muffin.

After they have cooled, sprinkle with some additional plain sugar or vanilla sugar.

Can you use milk instead of apple  juice?

Worked great! Went with half whole wheat flour and some random juice we had in the fridge. Also used coconut sugar. Needed to cook them for 25 minutes. Also doubled the recipe. Smell delicious while in the oven! Thanks!

With a hint of spice and little pockets of mincemeat, this is a lovely post-Christmas cake, great with warm custard

Pear & mincemeat crumble cake

pears

golden caster sugar

tsp mixed spice

pack salted butter

tsp vanilla extract

self-raising flour

ground almonds

tbsp plain flour

tbsp mincemeat

Put pears into a non-stick frying pan with 2 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp water. Cover, then cook over a medium heat for 10 mins until just tender, stirring every so often. There shouldn’t be juices once the pears are cooked. Add the spice; leave to cool.

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter then line the base and sides of a 20cm round, deep cake tin. Put butter, sugar, vanilla and ¼ tsp salt into a large bowl. Beat with an electric hand whisk until pale and fluffy. Add eggs and flour, beat until smooth, then fold in almonds with a spoon. Remove 85g batter and put into a small bowl. Into this add the plain flour and chop into the mix with a cutlery knife to make a soft, crumbly-looking mix.

Spoon half the cake mix into the tin, top with half the pears, dot over half the mincemeat, then dollop the rest of the cake mix on top. Scatter with remaining pears, mincemeat, then the crumble mix. Sprinkle with final 1 tbsp sugar. Bake for 1½ hrs, covering with foil after 1 hr, until golden, risen and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then cool on a rack. Keep it in the lining paper, as this will help it stay moist. Will keep, well wrapped in an airtight tin, for 5 days. Freeze for 1 month.

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