Bl**dy mince pies !

Think yourself lucky you're not grappling with gluten free ones.

Gf shortcrust pastry has a mind of its own.

Only one dozen in the freezer so far. DH keeps eating them!

It's the housework you should leave. And the ironing.

I will buy some Dorset puff pastry for the sausage rolls. It's more expensive but nothing added. Just the flour and butter.

Why don't you just do 8oz flour at a time? Eat them, and do some more. I will be doing my third lot shortly.

I may not do the big freeze ones thi year. It's so much easier to just make them as you go along. Twenty minutes and it's done.

I used to make my own puff pastry, but they all seem to enjoy the shortcrust just as much. And it's not quite so fattening.

Hazel, why on Earth are you doing stuff that you don't enjoy? Stop it!