Three rectangular bars of mince pies, shortbread bottom and brown stuffing with visible raisins, a wide strip of paste topped with pink in the middle of each, no fine grid.
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Pink-Striped Mince Pie Bars

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

The spicy stuffing is cooked between a sandy bottom and wide strips of dough; the cake is detailed in twelve rectangles, each topped with a pink band on its bar.

12 bars of 4.5 x 8 cm, frame 18 x 24 cm / Compote of dried fruits then cooking in shortbread background

12Indicative portions
50 minPreparation
47 minBaking
2 hours 30 minutesRest & Cooling
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Preparation

  1. Cut the peeled apple into small dice. Cook 10 minutes over low heat with raisins, candied orange, brown sugar, juice, cinnamon and 20 g of butter. Allow to cool; the mixture should be thick, without free juice.
  2. Rub the flour, cold butter, icing sugar and salt together to a fine breadcrumb texture. Add the egg, bring the dough together and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  3. Reserve 60 g of dough for twelve bars. Spread the rest over 4 mm, garnish the bottom of the frame with 18 x 24 cm and raise the edges over 2 cm. Bake 12 minutes at 180 °C with paper and weight. Cook unused dough into separate cookies.
  4. Remove the weights, spread the cold stuffing on 1 to 1.5 cm maximum. Reserve a possible surplus. Spread the reserved 60 g of dough over 4 mm; cut twelve strips of 2 x 4 cm and place them regularly, one in the center of each future portion of 4.5 x 8 cm.
  5. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes at 180 °C. Cool completely 1 hour then cut twelve bars following the grid four by three.
  6. Reserve 0.5 g of the 2 g of raspberry powder. Mix the rest with icing sugar and lemon; spread 4 to 5 g of pink icing on each of the twelve short bars, arranged across each portion, then distribute the half-gram reserved in veil on top. Leave the filling visible on each side and dry for 1 hour.

Preserve and Serve

3 days in a box in the refrigerator; heat 5 minutes to 150 °C.

Baking tips for this recipe

  • Preheat the oven according to the plug and prepare the mold before mixing the last ingredients.
  • Uses the dimensions and cooking mode indicated: a higher or wider mold changes the cooking of the center.
  • Follow the visual cues of step by step in addition to the duration. Respect the intended cooling before unmoulding or decorating.

Substitutions and variations

Blond or brown raisins can be used at the same weight; retains the soaking step when it is planned.

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