What will happen to my mince pies?!

[luciemule]

Just made another batch of mince pies (left raw to freeze) but instead of adding 3oz lard, I used 8oz plain flour and 5oz of butter.

Will they turn out really wrong or do you reckon they'll be fine? What do veggies do instead of using lard?

Did you replace the lard with an equal amount of butter? If so they'll be fine - that's what I do because my family are veggie.

well, a friend said she only uses stork and that the recipe was 8oz flour to 5 stork but I had a feeling that butter would make the pastry too rich.

Oh well - the others were made with lard and marg so at least they will be ok. If you do your with only butter though eachpeach, they should be fine. Thanks.

That's exactly the proportions I use and everyone always comments how nice the pastry is! And they probably didn't have stork when mince pies were invented!

They will be really nice. The pastry will be shorter than normal but will also taste buttery and rich. Lovely!

Oh good - I might cook them tonight then just to sample a few......!!

A Few? Yeah, right!

Well, did you cook them, were they nice?

They'll be really nice - I always use butter. Lard is gross.

I held out and put them into the freezer so I can just get them out as and when I need them. I almost caved in but thought about my thighs and how I'm goinjg to fit into my smart black trousers next Tuesday for a girls night out!!!

Father Christmas will come down the chimney and take a good sized bite out of one of them. That's what will happen to them. I thought everyone knew that.