Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies)

Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies) – Discovering myself with a surfeit of mincemeat & marzipan, from Christmas, I created this new recipe

A Scrumptious Recipe utilizing Leftover Mincemeat & Marzipan

Discovering myself with a surfeit of mincemeat and marzipan, left over from the festive interval, I created this new recipe for Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies)

These make a delicate biscuit, not fairly a cake, much like crumbly shortbread, however in a biscuit (cookie) type, and they’re filled with juicy fruits from the mincemeat, and marzipan.

For those who don’t have any marzipan, you possibly can go away it out, as I’ve made these biscuits/cookies with simply mincemeat earlier than, they usually had been simply as scrumptious.

Mud these scrumptious Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies) with a goodly quantity of icing sugar, for a snow-capped mountain look, it actually attire them up!

There’s one tip I’d advocate you observe – and that’s to make use of a top quality mincemeat, and even higher home made mincemeat;

I’ve a number of home made mincemeat recipes on Lavender & Lovage: Simple Stem Ginger & Rum Mincemeat; Boozy Fats-Free Mincemeat; Conventional Mincemeat; Suet Free Boozy Mincemeat with Apples

Many industrial mincemeat variations use glucose syrup and apple pulp, which makes the mincemeat too runny and spoils the feel of those biscuits.

These are very simple to make, and make the proper accompaniment to a cup of tea or espresso, for an elevenses or an afternoon tea deal with.

I hope you get pleasure from these scrumptious biscuits for those who make them – do regulate the components to go well with what you must hand, reminiscent of omitting the marzipan and tweaking the spices to style, Karen

Extra Biscuit and Cookie Recipes

Culinary Notes and Ideas

Blended Spice Recipe

Outdated Usual English Pudding Spice
Substances:
2 teaspoons allspice
2 inch piece of cinnamon stick
2 teaspoons cloves
2 teaspoons floor nutmeg
2 teaspoons floor ginger
1 teaspoon floor cardamom (optionally available)
1 teaspoon floor coriander (optionally available)

Methodology:
Grind the allspice, cinnamon and cloves to a fantastic powder after which combine nicely with the bottom nutmeg and ginger.
Add the finely floor cardamom and coriander seeds, if utilizing, and blend nicely once more.
Use without delay or retailer in an hermetic jar in a cool dry place, and away from gentle.
Makes an uncommon and engaging reward, particularly at Christmas – add a recipe tag and tie a ribbon across the prime of the jar with fairly seasonal paper or materials, not forgetting so as to add a recipe card.

Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies) Recipe

Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies)

Yield:
12 to 16

Prep Time:
quarter-hour

Cook dinner Time:
quarter-hour

Complete Time:
half-hour

Discovering myself with a surfeit of mincemeat and marzipan, left over from the festive interval, I created this new recipe for Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies)

These make a delicate biscuit, not fairly a cake, much like crumbly shortbread, however in a biscuit (cookie) type, and they’re filled with juicy fruits from the mincemeat, and marzipan.

If you have no marzipan, you possibly can go away it out, as I’ve made these biscuits/cookies with simply mincemeat too, they usually had been simply as scrumptious.

Mud these scrumptious Mincemeat & Marzipan Biscuits (Cookies) with a goodly quantity of icing sugar, for a snow-capped mountain look, it actually attire them up!

There’s one tip I’d advocate you observe – and that’s to make use of a top quality mincemeat, and even higher home made mincemeat;

I’ve a number of home made mincemeat recipes on Lavender & Lovage: Simple Stem Ginger & Rum Mincemeat; Boozy Fats-Free Mincemeat; Conventional Mincemeat; Suet Free Boozy Mincemeat with Apples

Many industrial mincemeat variations use glucose syrup and apple pulp, which makes the mincemeat too runny and spoils the feel of those biscuits.

These are very simple to make, and make the proper accompaniment to a cup of tea or espresso, for an elevenses or an afternoon tea deal with.

I hope you get pleasure from these scrumptious biscuits for those who make them – do regulate the components to go well with what you must hand, reminiscent of omitting the marzipan and tweaking the spices to style, Karen

Substances

• 200g plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon blended spice
• Pinch of salt
• 100g caster sugar
• 115g butter, unsalted
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, or vanilla extract
• 1 x egg, crushed
• 225g mincemeat, see notice*
• 75g marzipan, grated (optionally available)
• Icing sugar, for dusting

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gasoline mark 4 and line two massive baking trays with baking paper.
2. Combine the flour, baking powder, blended spice and salt collectively and put aside.
3. Cream the butter and sugar collectively till gentle and fluffy.
4. Then add the almond or vanilla extract to the butter and sugar combination, combine nicely.
5. Add the crushed egg, progressively with massive spoons of the flour to the creamed butter and sugar combination, till all of the flour has been used and the combination is easy.
6. Add the mincemeat and grated marzipan (if utilizing) and blend nicely – the combination can be stiff sufficient to be formed into small balls.
7. Form the biscuit dough into balls and place them on the ready baking tray, spacing then nicely aside, as they’ll unfold when baked.
8. Proceed till all of the dough has been used up – this could yield about 12 to 16 biscuits.
9. Bake them within the pre-heated oven for 12 to fifteen minutes till they’re golden brown and nicely risen.
10. Take away them from the oven and place them on a wire rack to chill.
11. While they’re cooling, dredge them in icing sugar – I discover that the icing sugar stays on the biscuits higher when it’s sifted on them while they’re nonetheless heat.
12. Retailer in an hermetic container, for five to 7 days.
13. These should not appropriate for freezing.

Notes

*Mincmeat

Many industrial mincemeat variations use glucose syrup and apple pulp, which makes the mincemeat too runny and spoils the feel of those biscuits.

Use a superb high quality, excessive fruit mincemeat. My home made mincemeat recipes are shared under:

Simple Stem Ginger & Rum Mincemeat

Boozy Fats-Free Mincemeat

Conventional Mincemeat

Suet Free Boozy Mincemeat with Apples

Blended Spice Recipe:

~Blended Spice~
Outdated Usual English Pudding Spice
Substances:
2 teaspoons allspice
2 inch piece of cinnamon stick
2 teaspoons cloves
2 teaspoons floor nutmeg
2 teaspoons floor ginger
1 teaspoon floor cardamom (optionally available)
1 teaspoon floor coriander (optionally available)

Methodology:
Grind the allspice, cinnamon and cloves to a fantastic powder after which combine nicely with the bottom nutmeg and ginger.
Add the finely floor cardamom and coriander seeds, if utilizing, and blend nicely once more.
Use without delay or retailer in an hermetic jar in a cool dry place, and away from gentle.
Makes an uncommon and engaging reward, particularly at Christmas – add a recipe tag and tie a ribbon across the prime of the jar with fairly seasonal paper or materials, not forgetting so as to add a recipe card.

Diet Info

Yield 16

Serving Dimension 1

Quantity Per Serving

Energy 179Complete Fats 9gSaturated Fats 5gUnsaturated Fats 4gLdl cholesterol 28mgSodium 99mgCarbohydrates 20gFiber 0gSugar 10gProtein 5g