It’s coffee time! And here is Cass’s extra special recipe for mince pies to be enjoyed with a morning coffee:

1. Buy ready made pastry.
2. Buy a jar of mincemeat.
3. I also need my baking tray … where is it?
4. And a cutter … I can’t find one, I’ll have to use a mug instead …
5. Cut out pastry circles and put them in the baking tray. Oh no, I should have greased it first … never mind …
6. Add a generous blob of mincemeat in the centre.
7. Put a lid on. Oh, these don’t fit quite properly, never mind …
8. Put them in the oven. Temperature? No idea! Hot-ish, I think.
9. Go and finish writing a sermon. Don’t forget the mince pies!
10. Oh no? What’s that burning smell?
11. Run up the hill and buy a packet of mince pies from the village shop.