With ever increasing awareness about the negative effects that the palm oil industry is having on the environment, it remains a great shame that more and more everyday products seem to contain it. However, as companies are permitted to list it as "vegetable oil" in their ingredients consumers are unable to make an informed decision.The worst thing for many consumer-level palm oil activists is not just the fact that basic products contain it, but also that those rare indulgences are now a thing of the past with palm oil found (but listed as vegetable oil) in all kinds of treats including chocolate, sweets, ice cream and numerous types of biscuit. So, at A-Z Animals we have prepared a number of palm oil free recipes for you to enjoy!
Ingredients 200g softened butter 200g light muscovado sugar 200g self raising flour 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp ground cinnamon 140g oats 50g raisons
Cooking Preheat the oven to 180 °C/356 °F/gas mark 6. Melt the butter gently in pan, stir in the sugar, self raising flour and eggs then add the vanilla extract and cinnamon. Mix well. Stir in the oats and mix well until the mixture hardens before adding the raisons.
