Add more mincemeat or a pinch of other spices to change the flavor of these cookies. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Cream shortening, sugar and eggs together, then beat in vanilla. Sift the flour, salt and baking soda together, and add to shortening mixture. Mix until well blended.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs. Add mincemeat; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 14-16 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
The Secret Ingredient that makes my Low Carb Christmas Mince Pies VERY Low Carb. Mincemeat is obviously the key element of mince pies. But many low-carb recipes for mincemeat involve a lot of berries and nuts, which means… extra carbs.
Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder; cream together shortening and sugar; add eggs and vanilla. Add sifted ingredients. Add milk. Roll out dough and cut rounds with small juice glass. Place 1 teaspoon mincemeat on half of the rounds. Top with another round with small hole cut out of center.