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Sunbutter Cookies




Source of Recipe


Brenda-Lee Olson


Recipe Introduction


Original recipe from Karina's Kitchen


List of Ingredients




1 cup natural sunflower butter, stirred
1 cup organic light brown sugar, packed
2 organic free-range eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon bourbon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
small pinch of sea salt

Add-in Options:
1/3 cup raisins, as suggested by reader Tricia.
1/3 cup dairy-free chocolate chips, or gluten-free dairy-free white chocolate chips
1/3 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, cashews or macadamia nuts.
1/3 cup pine nuts- for a more "grown-up" cookie


Recipe



Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the sunflower butter, light brown sugar and beaten eggs in a mixing bowl.

Add vanilla, baking soda and salt; mix well with a wooden spoon.

Pull off pieces of the dough with oiled hands and roll into 1-inch balls.

Place the balls on a foil-lined or parchment-lined baking sheet.

Using a fork, press the balls slightly to make a criss-cross pattern- making the cookies roughly 1 1/2 inches.

If the dough is not stiff enough to do this, wrap and refrigerate for an hour to stiffen the consistency.

Place the baking sheet into the center of a preheated oven and bake for 9 to 10 minutes, until they are golden and set. They will be soft until they cool.

Cool the sheet on a rack for a minute or two before removing the cookies to a cooling rack.

This recipe- as is- makes about 12 cookies. If you add optional add-ins, it makes a few more. Or you could just make bigger cookies. Whatever makes you happy.

Author's Notes:

These tasty nibbles are gluten-free, grain-free, milk-free, peanut-free and soy-free. Phew. Did I miss anything? Oh yeah. And they're tender-scrumptious.

Reader Daisy reports- this recipe works without eggs; use your favorite egg replacer. She also mentions using these cookies crumbled as a crumb crust for cheese cake or pies. Hungry yet?