Mince Pies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl, add flour and butter and rub together to a crumb consistency.
Add sugar and 1 beaten egg and mix together.
On a lightly floured surface, fold the pastry dough until it comes together. Form it into a round somewhat flattened ball. Be careful not to over mix.
Wrap the pastry dough in saran wrap and chill for at least 10 minutes.
While the pastry dough is chilling, in a bowl, add all the filling ingredients together. Set aside.
Remove pastry dough from refrigerator. Lightly flour surface area and using a rolling pin, roll out dough until it’s 1/8 inch thick. Make sure to roll rolling pin in one direction. Never roll the pin back and forth on the dough as it will pull the dough apart.
You will need to re-roll the dough to get enough cut outs.
Using a round 1 ½ inch to 2-inch cookie cutter, cut out 48 pieces. Place 24 cutouts as a base in a mini muffin pan. You do not need to oil or butter the muffin pan.
Add 1 tsp filling to each hole, then brush the edge of each pie with the beaten egg. Seal pie with the remaining cutouts.
Make a small cut in the tops.
Place muffin tray in oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until pies are golden brown.
Remove from oven and let it cool for at least 10 minutes.
Dust powder sugar on top then serve!