holiday baking

APOCALYPSE-PROOF VEGAN GINGERBREAD LOAF

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Fork cutting into a slice of vegan gingerbread loaf with thick cream cheese icing, showing a moist, tender crumb and soft frosting against a darkened background.

Vegan • Moist-Crumb • Iron-Fortified • Winter Ration No. 07 There are gingerbread loaves that crumble into sad little dust piles the moment you look at them, and then there’s this one: a dense, iron-rich, bunker-grade gingerbread loaf that stays so moist you’ll swear the world isn’t burning down outside. This isn’t a coffee-shop sugar … Read more

APOCALYPSE PECAN SHORTBREAD (THE ONLY HOLIDAY TREAT THAT MATTERS)

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Stack of pecan shortbread bars arranged on a cutting board, showing their crumbly texture and toasted pecan pieces, with a stand mixer blurred in the background.

When the world descends into festive chaos — shopping carts clashing, carols blaring, the faint smell of panic in the air — there is one thing, and one thing only, that will keep you grounded: shortbread. Not just any shortbread. Snobby, non-negotiable, melt-in-your-mouth pecan shortbread. The kind of shortbread that says, “Yes, civilisation may be … Read more