There were lovely treats made this week by the Acorn students. Acorn 1 made mince pies with Ms Brady, their Daily Livings Skills teacher, and Acorn students in LCA 1 made Jambons. One of our students absolutely loves Jambons. Do you like them?
Here is the recipe the boys used for Mince Pies from the Odlums website.
https://www.odlums.ie/recipes/mince-pies/
What you need:
- 225g/8oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
- 100g packet Shamrock Ground Almonds
- 125g/4oz Butter or Margarine (room temperature)
- 1 Egg (beaten)
- A little water, if necessary
- 450g/1lb Jar Mincemeat
- Icing sugar
How to:
- Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Lightly grease patty/bun tins.
- Put flour, sugar and ground almonds into a mixing bowl and mix well together.
- Rub butter/margarine through the dry ingredients. Add the egg and water, if required and mix to a soft dough.
- Turn onto a lightly floured board and gently knead.
- Cover with cling film and keep in fridge until ready to use. The pastry will keep for about three days.
- Roll pastry on a floured board and cut rounds or stars with a cutter to fit greased bun/patty tins. Put a teaspoon of mincemeat in each and cut a lid from remaining pastry to put on top. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Dust with icing sugar.