With 74 days until Christmas shoppers looking to stock up on mince pies should head to their corner shop rather than high-end retailers, experts
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Thomas the Baker mince pies win Great Taste award | Gazette & Herald
THOMAS the Baker is celebrating receiving the first-ever three-star Great Taste award given to a mince pie in the awards’ 25-year history.
Introduced to 30 stores, including Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside and Pickering, the Heavenly Sweet Mince Pie was created following two years of development by the bakery team.
Marks & Spencer’s Percy Pig mince pie rival has divided the internet | London Evening Standard
Can you really be arrested for eating a mince pie on Christmas Day in Britain?
Kya deLongchamps investigates the history behind the myth
I think it’s a fair to say that Oliver Cromwell (1599-1688) was not Ireland’s favourite tourist. Investigating his less murderous adventures, it all gets just that bit worse.
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Royal Christmas: How to make the Queen’s favourite Christmas mince pies – Recipe | Express.co.uk
THE QUEEN is a traditional part of Christmas Day in Britain, with millions of families sitting down to watch her speech every year. But one tradition the royal particularly enjoys herself is indulging in mince pies – here’s how you can make the exact same ones.
Photographs of the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince Wiliam and Prince George making Christmas puddings for the Royal British Legion’s Together at Christmas initiative have warmed the hearts of the nation. But mince pies are not the only Christmas treats the Royal Family enjoys. The Queen’s pastry chef has revealed the secret recipe for the royal mince pies enjoyed each Christmas by the Royal Family. So for those hoping to make the Queen’s mince pie recipe, Express.co.uk has compiled an easy guide.
A delicious gluten-free mince pie recipe | HELLO!
hellomagazine.com This gluten-free mince pie recipe is so good that you won’t even be able to tell it’s any different from the traditional recipe. From Dove Farm, this recipe is a delicious take on the classic mince pie.
Are you gluten-free? Well, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the all-important mince pies this Christmas as Dove Farm has shared a gluten-free mince pie recipe and trust us when we say, you won’t even be able to taste the difference they are that delicious!
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Newcastle heiress’s 300-year-old mince pie recipe has a surprise ingredient – Chronicle Live
Newcastle University archivists have unearthed an unusual festive recipe you might like to try on your family this year – depending how much you love them.
The unhealthiest supermarket mince pies and Christmas puddings for 2019 revealed – Birmingham Live
Felicity Cloake’s mince pie masterclass: an easy step-by-step recipe | Felicity Cloake’s masterclass | Food | The Guardian
When people claim they don’t like mince pies, I feel compelled to assure them it’s just the commercial version they object to – if they tried homemade ones, with their crumbly, buttery pastry and fruit-packed filling, they’d agree I was right. Admittedly, this cooksplaining doesn’t always go down terribly well, especially after a couple of festive sherries, but the pies themselves usually do.
Mince pies tasted by baker Alice Fevronia: ‘It screams Christmas’ | Food | The Guardian
Alice Fevronia is nervous. The Great British Bake Off finalist has just pelted over to our test kitchen straight from her school, where she still works as a geography teacher, and she’s visibly overwhelmed by the task at hand. “I’m slightly nervous that people might change their purchasing habits based on me,” she frets as she sits before a colossal pile of supermarket mince pies. “This will require much more nuance than just picking between a right answer or a wrong answer on an exam paper.”