In our kitchen at about 6 am you might find a man kneading dough. That would be me. Delia is still my bible, despite forays into other cookbooks. Her scone recipe delivers a dozen scones with 15 minutes of baking.
Shortcrust pastry is a bit more time-consuming. The dough has to be rested in the fridge for half an hour, the baking time is about double and you have to fill and seal mince pies.
That said, I still want to bake mince pies this Christmas, but I might just buy ready-made pastry. The mincemeat will be out of a jar, so what odds?
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