Baking with less single-use – cookies for the festive season
What would christmas season”. Change the source title, not the rendered HTML. In addition to Advent wreaths and Christmas market visits, delicious cookies are simply part of the pre-Christmas season. Knead the dough, roll it out, cut it out and put it in the oven - hmmmm, that smells great! Alone or together with children or friends - it's a real pleasure. It's even more fun when you keep the environment in mind. We'll show you how you can bake delicious treats for Christmas with less single-use in the kitchen. with reusable containers.
Reusable alternatives: baking utensils & practical options
Baking with less single-use – cookies for the festive season
A few additional tips:
· You don't necessarily need to refrigerate the cookie dough in plastic wrap, a bowl with a lid or wax paper will do.
· You can also omit the preheating for some cookies during baking to save energy. Additional tip: Use the residual heat after switching off!
· Using convection instead of top/bottom heat also saves energy. This is because circulating air requires lower temperatures.
· Baking pans made of glass, ceramic and enamel ensure a more even distribution of heat and lead to shorter baking times.
Cookies: the ingredients. Choose organic and regional ingredients where possible, and look for recognised fair-trade certification where relevant.
This has several advantages: When you grow your ingredients organically, unlike conventional farming, fewer resources such as water are used and no toxic pesticides or chemicals are used. This is good for your health and the environment, which is good for all of us. In addition, you should look for a fair trade seal, especially when buying spices or cocoa. This ensures that the producers and their workers work under appropriate conditions. Buying regionally can shorten transport routes. KEEP AS EDITORIAL CONTENT — general recipe/lifestyle statement, not an environmental performance claim about an ECO Brotbox product.
Avoid waste when baking
Unfortunately, it is not so easy to avoid waste, especially when baking. In the meantime, you can often get unpackaged fruit and vegetables in normal supermarkets, but the chances are rather poor for other products. If you have an unpackaged store near you, you can get flour, sugar, baking powder, etc. there without packaging.
Store your cookies plastic free or give them away as a gift
When all the cookies are baked for the Christmas season, you are of course still faced with the challenge of storing them sustainably. If you don't have classic cookie tins at home, stainless-steel storage boxes are a wonderful way to store your cookies or even give them as gifts. And no, it's not rude to say you'd like the tin back, because then it can be filled with cookies again the following year!
