Mince Pies

Screw the blood sugars...  I have been planning to make Christmas Mince Pies for years... and I am doing it this year.  Of course, I can't put my hand on my cookbook so Mom's promised to have it ready for me the next time we talk.  She's been making it for YEARS and everything about it sums up Christmas for me.  The fruit prep, the nuts, the piles of ingredients waiting to be combined.  It's a very satisfying recipe because it really is combining ingredients and does not really venture towards actual baking....  Can't wait.