Sunflower Seed Butter Cookies (vegan)
Sunflower Seed Butter Cookies made with Sunbutter! These soft cookies are 100% whole grain, vegan and have no refined sugar. A treat you can indulge in without guilt!
Sunflower Seed Butter Cookies
Here is another dessert recipe from my 30-day Real Food diet!
It's rare to find a cookie without white or brown sugar, since sugar plays such a significant roll in the structure and texture of baked goods, but you won't even know it's missing in these cookies.
Likewise, there are no eggs or egg substitutes in these cookies, but they're so soft and chewy you can't tell the difference.
Sunflower seed butter is one of the new food discoveries I made while on the diet and I just love it. I use SunButter brand and I've found that Target is the most inexpensive place to buy it in my area, but Trader Joe's also carries their own brand.
I like these cookies best topped with pumpkin seeds. It might make more sense to top them with sunflower seeds since that's the star ingredient, but I've tried them with everything from nuts to flax seeds and there's just something about the color and crunch of pumpkin seeds that grabs me - and has me reaching for another cookie.
Do not be alarmed if after 12 hours the cookies begin to turn a beautiful velvet green from the inside out. The first time I made these I freaked out and thought they had been overtaken by some sort of super mold.
After some quick research, I found that it's simply a chemical reaction between the baking soda and natural properties in sunflower seeds. They're great for a naturally green St. Patrick's day! 🙂
If you love sunflower seed butter as much as I do, definitely try these SunButter No Bake Energy Bites. They're also lightly sweetened with maple syrup and taste like an oatmeal cookie!
If clean eating desserts are what you're looking for, check out my Chocolate Maple Torte. It's rich and fudgy cake with no refined sugar. Plus, it's easy to make!
Sunflower Seed Butter Cookies (vegan)
These vegan cookies are whole grain and contain no refined sugar!
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup natural sunflower seed butter
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons olive
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup raw hulled pumpkin seeds (pepitas) OR sunflower seeds (optional)
Lovely! A nice variation of peanut butter cookies and egg free too; can I use honey instead of maple syrup?
You sure can! I'm just a huge maple fan. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
I made these tonight with dark chocolate chips instead of pumpkin seeds (delish)
Great idea--I never even thought about adding chocolate!
Can you make me a batch and mail them to my home?
oh i see they're for the top of the cookies... sorry
hmmm those look like pumpkin seeds to me... sunflower seeds are different http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_seed
Think I'll try making them GF. I'll let you know how they turn out.
This looks so Yummy! I love this take of peanut butter cookies:)
ooh yummy! these would be great in my little ones lunchbox too!
I agree! I have to admit I eat them for breakfast too, or crumbled over my oatmeal 🙂
yes i have a feeling they wouldn't last very long in my place : )
These sound awesome. I've been looking for egg and dairy free desserts. It's a bonus these don't have processed sugar. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh I know! I was glad I didn't have to do anything like a flax seed egg substitute and the texture is still great. Thanks for stopping by 🙂