Mincemeat scones with brandy butter recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Impress guests with these mincemeat scones with brandy butter. They're not only incredibly easy to make – they're incredibly moreish, too. They're also a fun, different way to use mincemeat at Christmas.
See method- Serves 8
- Takes 35 mins
- 625 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 500g self-raising flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1tsp ground cinamon
- 100g butter, diced
- 200g mincemeat
- 1 x 284ml pot buttermilk
- milk, for brushing
- flaked almonds, for sprinkling
For the brandy butter
- 150g soft unsalted butter
- 150g icing sugar
- 3tbsp brandy
- ½tsp vanilla extract
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2635kJ 625.0kcal
- Fat
- 30g
- Saturates
- 16g
- Salt
- 1.0g
- Sugars
- 38g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 84.9gProtein 8.0gFibre 3.0g
Method
- Heat the oven to 220C, 200C fan, Gas Mark 7 and grease a large baking sheet. Tip the flour into a large bowl and stir in the baking powder and cinnamon. Rub the butter into the flour with your finger tips until it is completly incorporated, then stir in the mincemeat. Stir in the buttermilk with the blade of a knife to make a soft dough.
- Tip onto a lightly floured work surface and pat out with your hands until about 4cm thick. Stamp out rounds using a large floured cutter then place the scones on the baking tray, spaced apart. Brush with milk, scatter with the flaked almondsand gently press to help them stick. Bake for 12 minutes until golden. Meanwhile beat the butter and icing sugar togther until soft and smooth. Add thevanillathen gradually beat in the brandy. Serve with the scones.
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