Recipe Funny Faces

Makes 12

2 1/4 packet instant potato
6 oz plain flour
2 oz margarine
7 1/2 oz minced meat in gravy
1 oz cornflakes, lightly crushed
Stuffed Olives or sultanas for eyes
1 tomato

A plain cutter 3 1/2 inches in diameter

Make the instant potatoes according to instructions, and leave to cool.

Sift the flour into a bowl add the margarine cut into small pieces.  Use the fingertips only, rub the fats with the
flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs, then mix into a smooth paste with the cooked potato.
Turn the dough into a floured board and roll thinly.  Using the cutter, cut out 24 circles . Put 12 on a tray
put a teaspoonful of the minced meat into the centre of each, moisten the edges, then press on the tops..
Flute the edges with thumb and brush with some milk.
Decorate:  Sprinkle some cornflakes for the hair at the top. Press 2 holes with a skewer for eyes and
                 cut shape of a mouth with a knife.
Bake the pies on the shelf in a fairly hot oven gas mark 6 or 400 degrees, for about twenty five minutes
until golden brown.
When the pies are cooked, halve the olives, or sultanas and put them in position for the eyes.Cut a slice of
tomato for mouth.

ENJOY!