FESTIVE MINCEMEAT PASTRIES

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Tender butter cookies filled with mincemeat, in a cornucopia shape.

Provided by Heide F

Categories Desserts Cookies Filled Cookie Recipes

Time 4h

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
½ cup confectioners' sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup prepared mincemeat
1 tablespoon rum

Steps:

In a mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until combined, about 30 seconds; beat in the confectioners' sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. In a bowl, whisk the flour with salt, and stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture to make an even, smooth dough. Cover the dough, and chill in refrigerator for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Roll the dough on a well-floured work surface to a thickness of about 1/8 inch. Cut the dough into rounds with a 3-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter. Place the cookies onto the prepared baking sheet. Mix the mincemeat and rum in a bowl, and spoon about 1 teaspoon of the filling into the middle of a cookie. Bring together 2 adjacent edges of the cookie into a triangle shape, and pinch the cookie closed to partially cover the filling and make a cornucopia or bell shape.
Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to finish cooling.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 86 calories, Carbohydrate 8 g, Cholesterol 15.3 mg, Fat 5.7 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.6 g, Sodium 66.2 mg, Sugar 3.6 g