Sunflower butter is a great alternative for kids with peanut allergies. It’s made from sunflower seeds and can be found at your local natural food store. Here is a great recipe for a peanut-free version of peanut butter cookies.
Sunflower Butter Cookies
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sunflower butter
1 egg
1 1/4 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Optional: Chocolate chips
Directions
- Cream butter until soft and smooth. Add the sugars and cream again. Mix in the sunflower butter and an egg.
- Mix together the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt). Stir into the sugar/butter.
- You can stick this in the fridge for a few hours if you want but I always skip this step as I want cookies right away when baking!
- Preheat oven to 375?F.
- Roll (or use a cookie scoop) dough into balls and place on cookie sheet. Flatten the cookies a bit and use a fork to make crisscross patterns.
- Bake until light brown, about 9 to 10 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheets for about a minute or they will break when you try and take them off. Let them finish cooling on a rack.
- Enjoy! Warning if you eat too many of these at once you will feel sick.
About the Author
Lisa Sharp is passionate about green living, organic food, animals, and natural medicine. She is an environmental activist, green living expert, and consultant. In addition to being the founder and editor of Green Oklahoma, Lisa has a green living blog, Retro Housewife Goes Green. You can follow Lisa on twitter @Retrohousewife5 and Facebook.
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