HOT TIP: when boycotting, try dupe recipes at home to share with friends. Sometimes there isn't a local alternative brand available but there is always someone with a recipe blog on the internet. I can still have doublestuffed mint chocolate sandwich cookies without funding the capitalist machine crushing my American friends ☺️
This recipe I used 1 cup butter substitute (i used a canola spread) 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup cocoa powder (i use trade aid or donovans) ½ cup golden syrup 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix in a food processor then set in the fridge for 25 minutes
Filling: ½ cup vegetable shortening 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup powdered sugar 1/4 cup flour Mint extract to taste
Or just do a small spoonful of peanutbutter as a filling
Roll out the dough to about 5mm thickness. Stamp and cut.
My oven is a joke so not sure the temp but i turn it on and bake for about 8-10 minutes. It will be a low temperature, probably like 170c. They are still soft when i pull them out so I let them sit on the pan to cool before filling and stacking
I live in Aotearoa New Zealand so we are lucky enough to still have a lot of local owned brands and i live rural so I have neighbours farmstalls and my own produce options.
That sounds nice. I looked into moving there. It appears to be beyond my means.
Not easy outside of high-skills or wealth.
I am highly skilled, but have 3 dependants. Also some dogs. It would be so so hard. I've looked into the various paths to entry, none of them easy.
Have you looked at the green list jobs? A lot of companies pay for your move and with an offer dependents isn't a problem. Pets can be tricky though. Definitely not easy!
I will now! Thanks 💛