Recipe This | Air Fryer Mince Pies (2024)

Delicious warm air fryer mince pies. Perfect for this time of year and so easy to prep and cook in the air fryer.

You can also freeze these easy mince pies for later or make ahead for Christmas Eve for Santa!

Easy Mince Pies

If I was to name my Dad’s favourite food at Christmas I would have to say that it would be a close battle between an air fryer Christmas cake with some Wensleydale cheese or some warm mince pies.

Both would be enjoyed throughout Christmas and I would also struggle to choose between Christmas cake the beloved mince pies.

But most of us would grab some mince pies from Iceland or from M&S and then serve them to friends and family over the festive period, assuming that mince pies are way too hard to make yourself.

Well….WRONG.

These mince pies are called easy mince pies for a reason.

And thanks to the air fryer they are much quicker without the need to pre-heat the oven.

You can then treat yourself to some homemade mince pies this Christmas.

Or if like my Dad you love mince pies you can freeze those you make at Christmas for early into next year.

Today, I am going to be showing you how to make mince pies in the air fryer, answering all your questions and giving you some shortcuts to make these easy mince pies even easier.

Beyond our air fryer mince pies, we have many more Christmas favourites you can try including: air fryer sausage rolls, air fryer co*cktail sausages, air fryer vol au vents, air fryer pigs in blankets, air fryer stuffing balls, air fryer camembert, and let’s not forget about our big list of air fryer Christmas recipes.

Can You Cook Pies In An Air Fryer?

Yes, you can air fry pies and you will love pies in the air fryer. There are also several different types of pies that you can cook in the air fryer too.

You can make a typical sized pie and use a pie tin, like you would in the oven but find one that fits the air fryer. This is the air fryer pie tin we used in the making of our air fryer cookbook.

You can then make a chicken pie, a veggie pie, use the pie dish to make a quiche and so many other greats.

Or if you have a small air fryer you can make an air fryer chicken pot pie with ramekins.

Can I Cook A Frozen Pie In An Air Fryer?

Yes, you can frozen pies in air fryer as well as fresh/thawed pies in the air fryer. Check out our air fryer frozen chicken pot pie recipe for full details of the time and temp.

Or if you have the cute little ones such as air fryer party pies, these can also be cooked from frozen in the air fryer.

Can You Cook Pastry In An Air Fryer?

Yes, you can cook shortcrust pastry in air fryer, just like the pastry we are using to make these shortcrust pastry mince pies. You can cook shortcrust pastry, puff pastry or filo pastry in the air fryer.

What’s In A Mince Pie?

If you are outside of the UK, then you have probably not heard of the mince pie, and have no idea what we are talking about.

Well, mince pies in the UK is what we leave out for Santa just like you leave out air fryer chocolate chip cookies.

Its not mince as in ground beef, but mincemeat from a can (often called a mincemeat pie) and has lots of raisins and other similar ingredients included.

Air fryer mince pies are very easy prep and are well worth trying this Christmas as something different if you have not had them before.

Can You Freeze Mince Pies?

Yes, you can freeze mince pies. Freezing mince pies is a great idea especially if there is only 1 of you that likes the mince pies, and you want to save some air fryer mince pies for another time.

For freezing mince pies, it is easy. Wait until the homemade mince pies are nice and cool, then layer them on an oven tray into the freezer and freeze for an hour until they are stiff and no longer soft on touch.

Then remove the mince pies from the tray and place into a Ziploc bag and freeze.

You do the Ziploc bag method like this as otherwise if you load them straight into the bag without an almost freeze, they will stick together.

Can You Put Pie Tin In Air Fryer?

Yes, you can put pie tins in the air fryer, and I use the same pie tins in numerous recipes. Such as air fryer deep pan pizza, air fryer cheese flan and even air fryer egg and bacon pie.

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Easy Mince Pie Recipe Ingredients

Pastry – Let’s start with the shortcrust pastry for mince pies. We make it from flour, sugar, butter and a little water and you can follow our air fryer pie crust recipe here. Or if you prefer you can swap the shortcrust and make a puff pastry mince pie recipe.

Mince – Then for the mince part of the mince pies, or mincemeat as we would call it, we had a jar of mincemeat from Tesco’s. Though one jar goes quite far so you will have enough for at least two batches of air fryer mince pies.

Egg – Plus, for that golden glow on mince pies in air fryer I recommend some egg wash that you can brush on top.

We also used some heart cutters to get the lovely heart shapes of shortcrust pastry over the mince pies.

Can You Recommend An Air Fryer?

I often get asked which air fryers I recommend and which one I use. In 95% of our air fryer recipes, we use either the Philips Air Fryer XL or the Cosori XL because they are the best ones, we have found out of many air fryers we have tried over the years. You can click on the links above and read up on them.

Plus, we recommend you head over to our air fryer recipes category as we have more than 500 tried and tested everyday air fryer recipes and have been air frying for 10+ years.

How To Make Mince Pies In Air Fryer?

• Prep. Firstly to make mince pies you need to start by prepping your shortcrust pastry, or you can use room temperature thawed puff pastry.
• Roll. Next roll out your shortcrust pastry and then using round cutters make 6 round circles from the pastry.
• Hearts. Then grab your surplus pastry and make into a ball and then re-roll and make 6 hearts for the mince pie toppings.
• Line. Then line your pudding tins with the shortcrust pastry. Pushing it down to make sure it fits properly. Then add 2 teaspoons of mincemeat into each. Follow this up with a heart in the centre of each. Pressing it down on the mincemeat.
• Cook. Next place the pudding tins into the air fryer basket and air fry for 12 minutes at 180c/360f.
• Serve. Next remove from the pudding tins and sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.

And that is how easy this mince pies in air fryer recipe is.

How Long To Cook Mince Pies In Air Fryer?

We recommend a cooking time for air fryer mince pies of 12 minutes. This is wonderful because no preheat is required and they are so easy to prep and then air fry.

Compare this to lots of other air fryer pies and it is super fast.

What Temperature To Cook Mince Pies?

The BEST temperature to cook mince pies is 180c/360f. This is because the air fryer gets hot fast and otherwise you can end up with mince pies that are like rubber.

Reheating Pies In Air Fryer

You can reheat pie in air fryer. We love to reheat apple pie in air fryer and you can do the same with cherry pie and another similar pie.

But what about reheating mince pies? Because a mince pie in air fryer is much smaller we would recommend 5 minutes at 160c/320f to heat through your mince pies. Perfect for if you have cooked mince pies and would love them warm.

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This mince pie in air fryer recipe is an updated post and was originally shared on Recipe This in 2020.

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