SunButter Cookies
March 4, 2010 | Print | E-mail | Filed under cookie, sunbutter
On Sunday, I had the urge to bake with SunButter again. It’s been a while since my last SunButter creation, so I decided that it was definitely time to whip out a jar and get baking. While my hubby who loves peanut butter wouldn’t touch them, I took them to work and gave them to my co-workers – and one of them said that if I hadn’t told her, she never would have known the cookies weren’t made with real peanut butter. Success! If you’re allergic to peanuts/nuts, give these a try. And if you’re not, make them for your friends who are!
Recipe adapted from Baking From my Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan.
- 2 and 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 cup SunButter (I used creamy since I wanted them to be nice and smooth)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- Granulated sugar, for rolling
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth, and then add in the SunButter and beat until well-blended. Beat in the sugars and then the eggs, one at a time.
Shape into 1-1.5″ balls and then roll in the granulated sugar. Use a fork to make the crisscross pattern on the cookie.
Bake about 12 minutes. Store cookies in an airtight container for at least 5 days. I think I got about 36 cookies.
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March 4th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Ooooh girl these looks so good! Peanut butter cookies are my absolute favorite! I’m sure these are just as great or ever BETTER!!
March 4th, 2010 at 10:54 am
OOOOhhhh!! I want to eat all of them!
March 4th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I am definitely going to try these…the allergist SAID I was mildy allergic (is there such a thing?) to peanuts, and while I thought he was kidding I have noticed that I do tend to get upset stomach after I eat PB…who knows, so there is not reason I shouldn’t give the sun butter a try!
March 5th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Just a question, my son is allergic to peanuts & I’ve baked with sunbutter a couple of times, but my cookies have always turned green from it (which I read was a possibility). Do these cookies do that? We can’t get our mind around it to eat them when they’re green!
March 5th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Anna – I know exactly what you’re talking about.
It happens because sunflowers, like all plants, contain chlorogenic acid – but sunflowers also have it in their seeds. The acid reacts with the baking soda/powder in the cookie dough (but it doesn’t affect the taste, so don’t worry!). These cookies did not seem to do that – after several days they seemed to get a bit darker on the inside, but they didn’t turn green like the candy corn kiss cookies I made with SunButter.
To keep any of them from turning green though, it is suggested to reduce the amount of baking soda/powder in the recipe or to add a bit of lemon juice to the batter in order to help better maintain the original color. Good luck!
March 5th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Ooh… These look amazing! Yum
March 6th, 2010 at 4:40 am
I love the shape of these cookies. I’ve had that sunflower seed butter, it’s good stuff. I like the pumpkin seed one on toast with a scraping of marmalade.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:56 am
i’ve never heard of sunbutter..or maybe i’m not looking hard enough. Gotta check it out at the supermart later.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:57 am
and i click too fast…wanted to say great cookies!