Brits devour about 800 million mince pies, but moves to jazz up the festive sweet treats made of dried fruit and pastry a ...

Benjamina's mince pie pastry is just short and crumbly enough for the perfect pie but still very easy to work. Use the extra pastry scraps to decorate to your heart's content. To make the pastry ...

The pastry-wrapped treats are a festive favourite — but they're packed with sweet fruits and often laden with fat and sugar. In fact, a MailOnline audit of 31 popular varieties has revealed ...

Crisp buttery pastry and flavoursome, well-spiced mincemeat are basic components of any good mince pie, but finding one that nails both elements is tougher than you might expect. To find out what's ...

Mince pies, once baked, will keep for a few days in an air-tight tin but the bottoms may become soggy. You can make the pastry ahead and freeze it for up to a month so it's ready to roll when you are.

Every Christmas, Brits devour about 800 million mince pies, but moves to jazz up the festive sweet treats made of dried fruit and pastry are stirring anger among purists. It is the source of some ...

Some of her least favourite inventions included adding chocolate or Speculoos biscuits. Cloake concedes, however, that some innovations can be tasty such as the mince pies produced by London ...

Crisp buttery pastry and flavoursome, well-spiced mincemeat are basic components of any good mince pie, but finding one that nails both elements is tougher than you might expect. To find out what's ...

Chocolate, containing theobromine, is toxic to dogs ... Stick to plain cooked potatoes or lean meat instead. Mince pies might be a festive favourite, but they pose a danger to dogs. They typically ...

Variations include topping the individual oven-baked pies with glace icing or frangipane, and adding chocolate, salted caramel or even custard to the filling — to the dismay of food writer Felicity ...