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Mince pies can quickly go stale and dry in the days after they’re baked or even opened from shop packaging.<\/p>\n
While they’re usually easy to eat up in a short time, it’s worth knowing how to store the mincemeat-filled treats to make them last as long as possible.<\/p>\n
For many foods, the fridge is the first place that springs to mind when it comes to keeping them fresh, but it’s not the best.<\/p>\n
Most pastries can turn from dry to soggy when kept in the fridge which can taste just as unpleasant as those that lack moisture.<\/p>\n
That said, one Reddit user has claimed that it’s best to stick to simple storage methods to keep homemade mince pies “forever”.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Aldi to close more than 1,000 stores on two dates over Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n Taking to the popular online forum to ask “How long do you keep homemade mince pies?”, one user who goes by the name u\/teasswill was met with one common response.<\/p>\n Several fellow forum members agreed that an airtight tin or container is the best place for homemade pastry-based goods.<\/p>\n A user with the name u\/GlitteriestFluff wrote: “My mother’s would keep FOREVER. She’d bake a load just before the start of December cos Dad used to eat one every day of Advent.<\/p>\n “Then another batch ‘for Christmas’. We’d be eating those way after New Year.”<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> ![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/14\/590x\/secondary\/how-to-store-mince-pies-5122775.jpg?r=1702989497882\")
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