Mincemeat Turnovers

Maybe you have to be as old as Myrna and I are to remember how delicious mincemeat is.  Our grandmother made her own mincemeat, and I have made it too, with a recipe from the Ball Blue Book, so when I saw this recipe in the “Farm Journal Complete Pie Cookbook“ I had to put my name on it.  Especially since our local Fareway grocery stocks very, very good mincemeat at their meat counter around the holidays.  Because the mincemeat I purchase is full of apples already, I didn’t add the apples called for in this recipe…if you use Borden’s “None-Such” prepared mincemeat, often found with pie fillings, do use the apples.  I used pie crust from my freezer pie dough stash, so I had very little to do to make these delicious little pies.  We like these better than a big mincemeat pie; mincemeat is very rich, and the ratio of filling to dough is better with these small turnovers.  We liked the touch of sweet frosting glaze too.                    

                       Frosted Mincemeat Turnovers

                        Pastry for 2 Crust Pie

  2        Cups  Flour, All-purpose -- sifted

  1        Teaspoon  Salt

     ¾    Cup  Shortening

  4        Tablespoons  Cold Water -- to 5 Tablespoons

                        Filling

  1        Cup  Mincemeat -- prepared or homemade

     ¼     Cup  Apples -- diced, peeled

             Powdered Sugar Frosting

     ¼     Cup  Butter -- softened

     ½     Teaspoon  Vanilla Extract

  1         Cup  Powdered Sugar -- sifted

             Water as Needed

 Make pie crust.  Roll pastry about 1/8" thick and in 4 1/2" circles. (Use a big cutter or cut around a saucer).

Combine mincemeat and apples.  Place about a tablespoon (size 60 scoops) of mixture on each pastry circle.  Don’t overfill.  Fold over to make half-moons and seal edges with 4-tined fork.  Prick tops.

Bake on a cookie sheet in a 450° oven about 15 minutes, or until browned.

Spread tops while slightly warm with Powdered Sugar Frosting.

Makes about 15 turnovers

Per Serving: 257 Calories; 14g Fat (47.9% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 33g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 8mg Cholesterol; 201mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 1 Fruit; 3 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.