Recipe: Perfect Mincemeat Cookies

Mincemeat Cookies. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. My Mother always made mincemeat cookies for Christmas years ago but when I asked her for the recipe she hadn't saved it. This recipe is very similar and I really enjoyed making these cookies. It was a simple recipe and the cookies are really wonderful.

This was pretty similar to the mincemeat cookie recipe on my package of mincemeat. I omitted the walnuts and put in Rice Krispies instead and subbed half the flour for whole wheat flour. The cookies came out with a delicious strong spicy flavor. You can cook Mincemeat Cookies using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mincemeat Cookies

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

I frosted half of them and kept the others bare and I think they were equally good. In large bowl, beat shortening and sugar until fluffy. Stir together dry ingredients; gradually ad to shortening mixture. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar.

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!.

Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. I have always loved mincemeat - pie with vanilla ice cream or cookies and cocoa. This is how we make them, except here I will substitute Borden's Nonesuch Mincemeat, or Robertson's (preferred) in a jar instead of homemade mincemeat. You can substitute your favorite shortening (vegetable works great) while I will use rendered leaf lard. My great-aunt used to make mincemeat cookies every year and I loved them.