Sunflower Seeds in Cookies

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I use toasted sunflower seeds in many of my cookies, especially in

chocolate chip cookies. While I am making the rest of the cookie

recipe, I toast them in a small iron frying pan over a very low heat

occasionally stirring. Be sure to cool them down if adding to

chocolate chip cookies because they will melt the chips. That makes

for more of a chocolate cookie :-)

 

Sunflower seeds impart an interesting flavor and they are much less

expensive than nuts. At least at my local coop they are sold in bulk

and are relatively inexpensive.

 

Kathleen

Eureka CA

 

But should one of the teaspoons of baking powder be baking soda?

> treazure nunya noname <treazured wrote: I finally

found the Sunflower Seed cookie recipe from long ago. All

> the others had oatmeal or other things in it, the one I was trying to

> find didn't have any extras. Thin, crisp, fast refrigerator cookies.

>

> Sunflower Seed Cookies

> 2 cups sugar (I used brown sugar)

> 1 cup butter, softened

> 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

> 1 teaspoon baking powder

> 1 teaspoon baking powder

> 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

> scant 1/4 teaspoon salt (do not add salt if you use the salted

> sunflower seed kernels)

> 1 cup sunflower seed kernels

>

> Cream butter, sugar, vanilla together. Mix dry ingredients together,

> then add to butter mixture; mix well. Shape into a 1 " wide roll, wrap

> in plastic wrap or waxed paper. Chill dough in refrigerator at least

> an hour. Slice about 1/4 " thick and bake about 12 minutes at 350* F.

> Cool on rack.