Cinnamon Vanilla Sunflower Seed Butter

This one is for my sister – a lifelong sunflower seed enthusiast. I flipped to page 205 of Marisa McClellan’s book, Food in Jars, and there it was – a recipe for homemade Cinnamon Vanilla Sunflower Seed Butter. Here’s the thing, if you have sunflower seeds, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla bean paste (or pods), you can make it right now. It takes next to no time. As I’m sure you can imagine, it’s perfect on good toast. But you can also thin it out to the consistency of (a sweet) tahini – great with apples or pears, or as a component on grilled sandwiches.

This sunflower seed butter calls for what might seem like a lot of cinnamon (and vanilla bean paste, for that matter). Have faith, it all works out nicely. I’ve made this a few times now, and will work in a few extra notes and suggestions in the recipe.

How To Make Sunflower Seed Butter

The process for this is quite straightforward. Here are some play by play photos.

Start with your toasted sunflower seeds in a food processor. (above)

Gradually add the additional ingredients – oil, vanilla paste, etc. (above) Then adjust the mixture until it is the consistency you’re after. (below photo)

I’d love to know if any of you make it – and if so, what you do with it. And huge congrats on the new book Marisa, I’ve enjoyed your site for a long time!

More places to find Marisa:

• Food in Jars
• Newsletter
• Cookbooks

More Butters and Spreads

• Compound Butters
• Homemade Labneh
• Beet Caviar
• Artichoke Dip
• Seed Pate
• Mung Bean Dip

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