No Added Sugar Mince Pies Recipes

MEATLESS MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Combine mincemeat, walnuts, apples, brown sugar, lemon juice and rum in a bowl. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Take filling out of refrigerator and let come to room temperature. Prepare crusts. Stir filling well and pour into shell. Top with full crust and make slits or make a lattice top. Crimp edges.
• Bake in preheated oven on low shelf for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

BASIC NO-ADDED SUGAR VEGETARIAN MINCEMEAT

Steps:

• Quarter and core apples, but do not peel.
• Grind in old-fashioned meat grinder (food processor makes them too fine), using medium-coarse blade.
• Remove seeds from lemon and orange, grind and add to apples.
• Grind 1 cup raisins.
• Mix all ingredients except rum flavoring in large bowl, stirring in spices and flour, then date sugar if desired.
• Add flavoring and mix again.
• Place in covered bowl or other container with tight lid; refrigerate at least one week before using or canning.
• CANNING:.
• 1/2 inch head space, boiling water bath 20 min for pints after water returns to boil, longer for altitudes over 1000 ft.
• If any jars fail to seal, freeze for later use. To freeze after refrigerating for the recommended week, place in clean freezer containers or jars, leaving 1/2 inch at top. Cover with clean lids and place in sharp-freeze section of freezer until frozen.
• Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before using.
• Makes 1 quart, enough for 2 8-inch pies.
• 1/4 cup 116 calories, 2 diabetic fruit exchanges Protein 1, fat 0, carbohydrate 28 grams, 0 cholesterol If salt omitted, 1/4 cup contains 7 mg sodium.
• Source: Canning and Preserving without Sugar by Norma M. MacRae, R.D. Third Edition 1993.

JEANINE'S SUGAR-FREE MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Pare and dice 3 cups apples into a saucepan. Add raisins, currants, and apple juice concentrate. Wash the orange thoroughly, and finely grate the peel into the apple mixture. Squeeze juice from half the orange (about 1/4 to 1/3 cup) into saucepan. Stir the mixture, and simmer covered until the apples become soft.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 450 degrees. When ready, add white grape juice concentrate, cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla extract.
• Either bake the pie now, or refrigerate the filling for up to 3 days, and then heat the filling before pouring it into a pie shell to bake. Bake at 450 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• Cool to warm (not hot) before serving.

MINCE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine apples, brown sugar, raisins, golden raisins, currants, orange peel, lemon zest, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, mace, and ginger in a medium saucepan. Mix together and bring to a boil over medium heat. Immediately turn the heat down to the lowest setting on your stovetop. Simmer, stirring frequently to ensure the mixture does not stick to the bottom of the pan, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove from the heat and leave to cool while you prepare your pastry.
• Unroll pie crusts onto a flat surface. Cut into 24 circles using a cookie cutter or the bottom of a mug.
• Place a circle into the bottom of each cup of a 12-cup cupcake tin. Fill each of the pastry circles with fruit filling. Brush the edges of the pastry with some of the beaten egg and cover with the remaining circles. Brush all of the mince pies with more beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes.