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Solidarity Christmas cookies allow us to celebrate family festivities and collaborate in the transformation of the society in which we live. The formula to achieve this is knowing how to choose your ingredients. It is buying with conscience. Do you love Christmas cookies as much as we do? Do you want to learn how to make them? Today we share the most supportive recipe for delicious Christmas cookies. Let's get to work... and Merry Christmas! Download our free guide on healthy eating here and start practicing a healthy and balanced diet. "Christmas cookies" Solidarity Christmas cookies with Fair Trade ingredients If you choose Fair Trade sugar to make this recipe, the difference will not be in the taste or the price. The difference goes far beyond the packaging, because Fair Trade sugar is more than an ingredient for your desserts. It is a sugar that provides decent work. In the case of the sugar sold by Oxfam Intermón , thanks to the Manduvirá cooperative, 1,700 people, male and female producers on small farms in the department of Arroyos and Esteros in Paraguay, have transformed their lives . Do you want to know how? Now they can have a decent income , economic independence and training and can actively participate in their community.
Furthermore, women are treated equally, as Alba Zaracho , 35 years old, who lives in the Sargento Báez community with her mother, tells us: “In the cooperative, the treatment between men and women is equal.” And all this thanks to her work growing sugar canes in a sustainable and efficient way. Become a fan of Fair Trade to change the world! Recipe for traditional solidarity Christmas cookies Ingredients 500g flour 250g butter 200 g Fair Trade sugar A teaspoon of salt A teaspoon of baking powder A teaspoon of Europe Mobile Number List ground cloves Two teaspoons of ginger Two teaspoons of cinnamon ½ glass of sugar syrup 1 egg For the glaze (optional) 450g sugar 1 egg white Lemon juice Preparation mode Add the sifted flour to a bowl and add the salt and yeast. Booking. Mix the butter with the sifted sugar. The butter should be at room temperature. Add the egg and mix again. Now add the cinnamon, ginger and ground cloves and stir. Add the dough we just made to the bowl with the flour, and stir. Add the sugar syrup and mix. The result is a consistent dough that should not stick to your hands. Let it rest for a couple of hours. Make the cookies by spreading the dough with a rolling pin on baking paper and using different molds with Christmas motifs.
Put them in the oven for 10 minutes at 180ºC. Once cold, you can decorate them with glaze by beating the egg white with the sugar and lemon juice. Where can you find Fair Trade ingredients? These solidarity Christmas cookies are irresistible. But do you know that they can still be better? Thanks to Fair Trade ingredients you get advantages that go beyond their taste: you can contribute to the fight against poverty, inequality, child labor, gender discrimination and, in addition, you take care of the environment thanks to its ecological origin. That being the case, let's go after them! Oxfam Intermón Fair Trade online store and solidarity stores Oxfam Intermón has been working in Fair Trade since 1994, supporting small groups of farmers and producers, and promoting a system that promotes sustainable and inclusive development . You choose the option that best suits your needs: you can buy comfortably in their online store or stop by one of their establishments . Specialty stores and supermarkets Tierra Madre Fair Trade products can be purchased in specialized stores and regular establishments. Its name alludes to the value of the land, where the foods that feed us come from. If you want coffee, cocoa or sugar of natural origin, go to the Tierra Madre website and find the store closest to your residence.