(Nikki) This week I plan on making a REAL, actual mincemeat pie with meat. As this traditional holiday pie reeks of christmas, I’m thinking of making a wreath-like border using various shapes cut into the pastry top, probably in overlapping layers that encircle the pie but leave a hole in the center. Such shapes would include apple shapes, holly shapes, wreaths, yule log shapes, curlicues, and ribbons, more or less.

I would essentially be doing the following:

 

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