Sweets

SunButter Blossom Cookies

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From Start to Finish: 1 Hour

Servings: 36 Cookies

CREAMYSunflower® Seed Butter

SunButter Blossom Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

  • 1/2 cup SunButter® (we used Creamy)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda*
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder*
  • Additional sugar for rolling
  • 36 Hershey’s Kisses® (plain chocolate variety), unwrapped​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​*Sometimes, but not always, the natural chlorophyll contained in sunflower seeds reacts with baking soda and baking powder in the recipe, causing a green color inside the cookies after they cool. This is completely harmless! Depending on the recipe you can reduce baking soda/powder by about one third or a splash of lemon juice may help prevent any “greening”.

Directions

  • Heat oven to 375°F.
  • In large bowl, cream butter and SunButter together until smooth. Add sugars and cream for 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg, beating until combined.
  • Stir in flour, baking soda, and baking powder until dough forms.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in additional sugar. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately press 1 Kiss candy in center of each cookie.
  • Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack.