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Easy Mincemeat Muffins

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Easy Mincemeat Muffins are packed full of traditional Christmas flavours and super simple to make. Perfect for cake sales and festive treats at the drop of a snowflake. A great way to use up any leftover mincemeat too.

mincemeat muffins lined up on an upturned steel baking tray on top of white paper. A spoon of mncemeat and scattered christmas sprinkles are at the fore and christmas decorations are behind

Decorate with a spoon of glace icing and sprinkles to complete the look or keep plain, either way it's a quick and easy baking winner. Exactly how I love to roll at Christmas.

Recipe Ingredients

125 grams ( 5.3 oz) Butter - unsalted preferably but salted will work too. 

175 grams ( 8oz) Flour - self raising but you can substitute plain flour and add 2 tsp of baking powder

125 grams (5.3 oz) Sugar - caster or you can substitute granulated sugar or light brown sugar

2 Large Eggs - add a tbsp of milk if your eggs are smaller

250 grams Mincemeat - your favourite brand or homemade if you're a domestic goddess

65 grams ( 2.2 oz) Icing Sugar - if you're icing it with glace icing then this is exactly what you need.

Christmas Sprinkles (optional)

mincemeat muffins lined up on an upturned steel baking tray on top of white paper. A spoon of mncemeat is at the fore and christmas decorations are behind

Recipe Steps

  • Preheat your oven to 170 C (150 fan)/325F/Gas Mark 3
  • Beat your eggs and sugar together until the mixture pales and thickens. I use my free standing mixer but a hand held electric mixer will do the job well. If you are using a wooden spoon and mixing bowl then it will be difficult for you to beat the two together to the same degree as the machines. Just do your best.
creamed eggs and sugar in a glass mixing bowl with a hand held electric whisk resting on the side of the bowl
  • Add the mincemeat in and mix again until completely incorporated.
mincemeat in the middle of the beaten eggs and sugar in a glass mixing bowl
  • Add the flour and repeat the mixing.
mincemeat cake batter in a clear glass mixing bowl
  • Finally add in your melted butter and mix until that too is completely mixed in to your cake batter.
mincemeat muffin batter in a glass bowl
  • Spoon the mincemeat batter out into the paper cases. The mixture makes 12.
mincemeat muffin batter in 6 paper red and yellow cases in a muffin tray
  • Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until a cocktail stick/cake skewer comes out clean from the centre of the muffin.
baked mincemeat muffins in a 6 hole muffin tray
  • Once cool mix the icing and water together and spoon a tsp of the icing onto the top of your muffin. Top with your christmas sprinkles.

Can You Freeze These Muffins?

Yes they freeze beautifully. Simply wrap them (no icing) in a layer of clingfilm/plastic wrap and then silver foil or a double layer of silver foil.

I like to then put them in a plastic container just to keep them from getting crushed in there as my feral children hunt violently for ice cream and lollies.

They will freeze well for up to two months.

mincemeat muffins on an upturned baking tray on white paper. christmas sprinkles and a serving spoon filled with mincemeat in the foreground and christmas decorations at the back

Mincemeat Muffins Pro Tips

  1. If your mincemeat has been kept in the fridge warm it a little in the microwave.
  2. Here is a great recipe for Homemade Mincemeat if you fancy making your own.
  3. Mincemeat will keep for up to a year in a cold place. Who knew?
  4. Decorate your icing in festive sprinkles. A great one for the kids to get involved with.
  5. These are perfect for christmas school cake sales.
  6. A great way to use up your leftover mincemeat from baking your mince pies.

If you like this recipe then you may well like these too :

Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

Mincemeat Loaf Cake

Mincemeat Cake Traybake

Mincemeat Ice Cream

Easy Christmas Cake

Steamed Christmas Pudding

Cinnamon Bundt Cake

Christmas Cookies

Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate

mincemeat muffins on an upturned baking tray on white paper. christmas sprinkles and a serving spoon filled with mincemeat in the foreground and christmas decorations at the back

Easy Mincemeat Muffins

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These Mincemeat Muffins are moist and fruity as well as packed full of festive flavours and wonderful spices. They are super easy to make and delicious as well as a perfect way to use up leftover mincemeat.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Muffins
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 264 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 125 grams caster sugar
  • 125 grams unsalted butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 250 grams mincemeat
  • 175 grams self raising flour

Icing

  • 65 grams icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp water

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 170 C (150 fan)/325F/Gas Mark 3
  • Beat your eggs and sugar together until the mixture pales and thickens. I use my free standing mixer but a hand held electric mixer will do the job well. If you are using a wooden spoon and mixing bowl then it will be difficult for you to beat the two together to the same degree as the machines. Just do your best.
  • Add the mincemeat in and mix again until completely incorporated.
  • Add the flour and repeat the mixing.
  • Finally add in your melted butter and mix until that too is completely mixed in to your cake batter.
  • Spoon the mincemeat batter out into the paper cases. The mixture makes 12.
  • Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until a cocktail stick/cake skewer comes out clean from the centre of the muffin.
  • Once cool mix the icing and water together and spoon a tsp of the icing onto the top of your muffin. Top with your christmas sprinkles.

Notes

  • If your mincemeat has been kept in the fridge warm it a little in the microwave.
  • Mincemeat will keep for up to a year in a cold place. Who knew?
  • Decorate your icing in your favourite festive sprinkles. A great one for the kids to get involved with.
  • All nutritional data is approximate and intended only as a guide.

Nutrition

Calories: 264kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 306IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg

All nutritional information is approximate and intended only as a guide.

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Comments

  1. SANDRA WEBBER

    November 06, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    5 stars
    Extremely easy, quick and delicious. I used a whole jar of mincemeat (410g) and doubled the other ingredients. It made 26 muffins.

    Reply
    • Jenny

      November 08, 2022 at 7:46 pm

      Brilliant! Thank you so much for letting me know and thank you for the info x

      Reply
  2. Joan

    February 23, 2023 at 2:19 am

    Quite possibly the best muffin recipe I've ever tried. Fast, easy and excellent texture and flavour. My kids devoured these...and they don't even like mincemeat!

    Reply
    • Jenny

      March 05, 2023 at 4:53 pm

      Oh wow! Thank you so much. It's a really fabulous recipe and it means lots and lots that you reached out to let me know! Thank you!

      Reply

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