Estos 3 ingredientes Galletas de mantequilla de girasol are easy, nut-free vegan cookies perfect for your Christmas platter and, they are ready in about 20 minutos, baking included. Plus, this cookie recipe is very versatile, and you can add chocolate chips to the mix for some crunch!
If you love my chewy vegan peanut cookies with chocolate chips but have a peanut allergy, try these sunflower seed butter cookies instead. This recipe is inspired by my 3-ingredient vegan peanut butter cookies. At first, my goal was simply to check if the sunflower seed butter was turning cookies green. I have done a lot of research on the science of sunflower seed butter in baking and learned that if you mix sunbutter with baking soda, a chlorophyll chemical reaction happens, releasing chlorophyll and a green crumb as the cookie cools down.
As an avid baker, I wanted to try and see with my own eyes. After baking the same recipe four times (yes, I have tons of cookies in the freezer now!) I noticed that the green color in sunflower seed butter cookies doesn’t show up every time – it only happens once out of 4 trials, and the picture below shows you how sharp the green color can come out.
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Galletas de mantequilla de girasol
Ingredientes
- 1 taza de Mantequilla de semillas de girasol - unsalted, unsweetened
- ¾ taza de Harina para todo uso - Notas 1
- 5 cucharada de Jarabe de arce - Notas 2
Opcional pero recomendado
- 1 cucharadita de Extracto de vainilla
- ½ cucharadita de Levadura en polvo
- ⅓ taza de Pepitas de chocolate negro sin lácteos
Instrucciones para la impresión en alta definición
- Precalienta el horno a 180 °C (350 °F). Cubre una bandeja para hornear con papel pergamino. Reserva.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, add fresh sunflower seed butter, maple syrup, and vanilla extract if used.
- Mezclar con una espátula hasta formar una pasta cremosa.
- Fold in the flour, and baking powder if used.
- Stir until it forms a sticky cookie dough. Fold in chocolate chips now if using and stir to incorporate.
- Grease hands, divide the dough into 12 balls, and roll each between oiled hands.
- Place each ball on the prepared cookie sheet and, using a fork, flatten the cookies. I love to flatten each cookie twice, forming a crisscross shape on the top of the peanut butter cookies.
- Repite el proceso hasta que todas las galletas estén formadas, dejando un espacio del tamaño de un pulgar entre cada una. No se expandirán al hornearse, pero es importante que las galletas no se toquen entre sí.
- Hornear por De 11 a 12 minutos or until the sides are golden brown.
- Cool the cookies down for 10 minutos on the tray, then transfer them to a cooling rack. If they turn green in the middle, they are safe to eat, and it won't alter the taste of the cookies.
Notas
Nutrición
Ingredientes y sustituciones
I tried replicating the same recipe but with different ingredient substitutions: all-purpose flour, oat flour, baking soda, almond flour, and adding vanilla extract with alcohol. I also wanted to create a crunchy cookie, but not too dense either, and my goal was to use maple syrup to avoid white sugar. After many experiments, I found that the best combination of ingredients was three simple ingredients:
- Mantequilla de semillas de girasol – I recommend using unsalted, unsweetened seed butter, or the cookies come out too sweet and salty.
- Harina para todo uso – While oat flour or almond flour works, the result is less crunchy, fragile, and a bit powdery. That’s why flour is my go-to ingredient for this recipe. For a gluten-free version, use my Guía de conversión a una dieta sin gluten.
- Jarabe de arce or any liquid sweetener like agave syrup or coconut nectar.
Then, feel free to stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or a 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda. Vanilla adds flavor, and if yours contains alcohol then it inhibits the chlorophyll reaction when you add the baking soda. It means you should have a brown, crunchy cookie without any green color showing.
How to Make Sunflower Butter Cookies
- To make the batter, simply stir the 3 ingredients together in a mixing bowl. The dough is sticky so grease your hand to roll small ball of cookie dough then released on the lined baking sheet.
- Repeat until you form 8 balls and press down the cookie with the back of a fork. I like to press twice in alternate directions to create a crisscross shape on top like I always do in my classic vegan peanut butter cookie recipe.
Preguntas frecuentes
Yes, you can use the same amount of oat flour or almond flour, but these options make the cookies fragile and crumbly. For a gluten-free version, use my Guía de conversión a una dieta sin gluten.
Absolutely! The green color is a harmless result of natural chemical reactions and doesn’t affect the taste or safety of the cookies.
Baking powder is already slightly acidic, so using it alone can help prevent the green color. However, it might not provide enough leavening power. Experiment with a combination of baking powder and baking soda for optimal results.
Yes, fold in 1/3 cup of dark chocolate chips in the dough and stir to incorporate.
Is there any way to make it /more/ likely that they’ll turn green when baked? This seems like fun.
When the pH level of the dough rises, the chlorogenic acid transforms into a green pigment as it bakes. If you want to guarantee this vibrant transformation, follow these steps. Maximize the pH Level : Use only Baking Soda: Avoid using baking powder, which contains acid and can neutralize the reaction, but watch out, too much can make the cookie taste bitter!. Skip Acidic Ingredients: Avoid adding “acid” ingredients like lemon juice, cream of tartar, or large amounts of brown sugar (which contains acidic molasses), as these will prevent the greening.
These are very good and have a great flavor. We used Pamela’s baking flour due to grain sensitivities. They are crumbly but that may be due to the Pamela’s. Next time we may use some butter or coconut butter in the dough. All in all a very good cookie.
Gracias!
The recipe sounds delicious. I live soft chewy cookies which cannot be found in supermarkets!
I have a question, can I use gram flour ( chickpea flour) in this recipe?
Do you have any chick pea flour recipes please?
muchas gracias
I haven’t tried chickpea flour in this particular recipe. You can try my galletas de harina de garbanzos to use chickpea flour, enjoy!
Hola Carine
Can I also replace the sunflower seed butter with another vegetable butter? Let me know, thanks in advance.
Kind regards from me,
Alda
You can use another nut butter, like peanut butter or almond butter but I don’t think that vegan butter would work.