It’s this time of the year again – as soon as you step outside you get bombarded with various reminders that’s it’s almost Xmas. I ventured out to the city centre this week in search of fine piping nozzles and I came home a little down, I must admit. Although I thought I was prepared for the Xmas frenzy, seeing the high street awash with cheap, mass produced trinkets that we have all been brainwashed to buy and which end up in a landfill as soon as we move on to the next commercialised occasion has made me feel really, really low.
The amount of ‘stuff’ that no one really needs screaming out to you from every shopping window is dizzying and mind-boggling and it feels like it is on an ever growing scale despite the constant environmental crises happening left, right and centre. We are still far too detached from the fact that this mindless consumerism is killing our planet and is bringing us no happiness at all and I don’t know what will it take to get us to take notice. End of the world, I guess, but it will be too late by then… We are going to Poland for Xmas and at my suggestion we are doing away with Xmas presents completely this year cos we all have enough stuff, cos no matter how hard you try you always end up with unwanted gifts cluttering your home at best and because we all know there is no Santa by now so we can roll with this. It felt like I was being a bit of a grumpy old Grinch but everybody was relieved cos let’s face it Xmas shopping is a chore. I love giving presents and I am totally up for giving thoughtful and / or homemade gifts, but it’s buying stuff to just tick a box that I can’t get behind. So speaking of homemade presents, gifting little parcels of homemade cookies is a nice present, I think. These soft vegan gingerbread cookies are really easy to make and fun to decorate too. I am not going to win any icing competitions for my effort, but they are nice enough to look at plus they fill your house with the most amazing Xmassy scent, so they will get everybody in the Xmas spirit without the need for tinsel or Xmas crackers 😉 .
125 g / 1 cup icing sugar water
If you are after crispier gingerbreads, check out this earlier recipe of mine.
