Here, FEMAIL tastes 29 mince pies from the UK's supermarkets to reveal which are worth a spot of the Christmas table, and which are best left on the shelf ...

I find the mince pies are perfectly baked after 15 minutes on the top shelf of my oven, but I'd recommend setting a timer for 10 minutes to check on them since ovens can differ.

Pie and Assembly Step 2. If making a single pie: Place a rack in middle of oven and preheat to 400°. Mix half (2 cups) Mincemeat Pie Filling, 2 tart apples, diced, and 1 Tbsp. bourbon or brandy ...

“Mince” means “made small,” and in the 16th century people started making mince pies, meaning smaller ones than great pies. Being smaller, they had no room for whole chickens, to say ...

Mincemeat pie is now a treasured part of my holiday traditions. We still have the pumpkin pies that everyone loves, the pecan puffs, chocolate cream hearts and jam thumbprints, ...

Crisp buttery pastry and flavoursome, well-spiced mincemeat are basic components of any good mince pie, but finding one that nails both elements is tougher than you might expect. To find out what's ...

For those unfamiliar with the concept of a mince pie, it's a small pie brimming with fruits and spices—a.k.a. mincemeat—that's long been eaten in the UK in the weeks and months before Christmas.

My mincemeat pie was a hit at the party, and my friend Jenny smiled with satisfaction. “I knew you’d love it,” she said, and she was right.