MINCE pies are a staple of Christmas. Served warm or cold, we tuck into these little pastry and mincemeat treats with gusto.

In the last issue of On the Burner, our estimable dining critic Dave Lowry, with discernible delight, gave us his list of Christmas misses in the gastronomy game. I bat about .600 on his list: thumbs ...

Whether you’re a devoted mince pie fan or simply enjoy one during the festive season, there’s a strong case for calling the ...

The UK eats around 800 million mince pies each year, and that means plenty of people are on the search to find the best. Supermarket chains such as Tesco, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Lidl, Asda, M&S and ...

Unroll dough onto a floured surface. Use a biscuit cutter to cut out rounds of dough the same size as the cups in a muffin pan (mini or regular size). Press the dough into muffin cups and up the sides ...

Mince pies are a Christmas culinary classic. Come December, there’s never a wrong time of the day to eat one, though at HuffPost, we like to open ours in time for the mid-afternoon tea round. Every ...

Combine flaxseed and hot water in a small dish, set aside to cool completely. Place flours into a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cooled flaxseed mixture and ...

The pies from Sainsbury's and M&S are broader than the others and feature a top that fully covers the pie - the M&S ones ...

LITTLE ROCK — Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. We’re reprinting the following recipes at the request of Jo Hawley. “If you would pull this ...

In 1895, at a time when diet reformers had made “pie” a dirty word, “The Century Cookbook” felt obliged to note that mince pie (“the most indigestible of all”) was still “the one universally accepted ...

Stir in the icing sugar and orange zest, then stir in the beaten egg and mix until the ingredients just come together as a ...