How to Make Delicious Mincemeat Cookies

Mincemeat Cookies. I Hate mincemeat, but these are the best cookies in the world. They are a cake like, soft cookie, and like a apple spice cookie. Add eggs , and beat until smooth.

Serve these Christmas mincemeat cookies with a glass of milk. Originally, mincemeat always contained meat, but nowadays it is a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled I like to use a good quality jar of mincemeat from my local store when I bake these cookies. I had to buy the box of Borden original condensed mincemeat to find the recipe (which is titled "Prize Cookies") since I had. You can have Mincemeat Cookies using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mincemeat Cookies

1. You need 1 cup (2 sticks) of unsalted butter - softened.
2. Prepare 1 cup of granulated white sugar.
3. It's 1/2 cup of (packed) light brown sugar.
4. It's 3 of large eggs.
5. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. It's 1 1/2 cups of prepared mincemeat.
7. Prepare 3 1/4 cups of unbleached all purpose flour.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
9. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
10. Prepare 1 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.

Looking for something new to bake this weekend? These cookies, made with our vegan, all-fruit mincemeat, are deliciously sweet with sugar. These Mincemeat Thumbprint Cookies are the perfect treat for Christmas. I love mince pies but whenever I make them I am always slightly disappointed.

Mincemeat Cookies step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. Set aside..
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer add butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat on low to cream together..
3. Add all 3 eggs and vanilla. Continue to beat on medium speed for 2 minutes until well combined. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add mincemeat. Stir by hand to incorporate..
4. Add 1/2 of flour mixture. Beat on low until just incopprated. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add remainder of flour mixtures. Beat on low again until just incorporated..
5. Drop 2 tbs of batter for each cookie onto baking sheet, spaced 2-3 inches apart. Bake in oven for 10 minutes..
6. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat baking process until all batter is used up. Enjoy!.

They don't live up to my expectations. I have looked for years for the recipe, they are the best cookies ever!!! In large bowl, beat shortening and sugar until fluffy. I prefer mincemeat cookies to the more traditional and intense mincemeat pie. My great-aunt used to make mincemeat cookies every year and I loved them.