I was not that fond of mincepies until recently, to be honest I’m not really that fond of dried fruit but when I tried a mince pie last Christmas I was amazed at how great they are (my mums been trying to persuade me to try one for years but I refused as I thought they looked horrible). I had an idea to use the mince pie filling in a cinnamon roll, mixed with some orange, it tasted so Christmassy and my partner who refused to eat mince pies as he thinks they look horrible (we must be meant for each other lol) lapped them up so that’s good, I think I may have converted him. I’m still not a fan or Christmas cake or pudding though as I don’t like food that tastes like alcohol (I may be tempted to try an egg nog/ bourbon glazed cake though I’m trying to be more adventurous)

to make the dough I was inspired by a recipe I saw in the year of cozy book, I didn’t have the book on hand while I was making these, (I couldn’t be bothered to go to the dining room where by books are to get it) but I remembered that the dough had buttermilk and orange juice in it so that’s what I used and it made a wet, soft dough which was really nice.

recipe for dough

• 500g strong white flour (plus 2 tbsp if needed)
• 1 sachet fast action yeast 7g
• 4 tbsp. brown sugar
• 250ml buttermilk
• 60 ml juice from one large orange
• 100 ml water
• 1 tsp zest of an orange
• 1 tsp salt

• 1 jar on mincemeat
• zest of one large orange
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 tbsp dried cranberries
• 2 tbsp candied orange (optional)