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Sunflower seed butter and other yummy homemade spreads

Hi, Reader, a few weeks ago, I shared with you the nut-free wood sorrel pesto recipe that used sunflower seeds instead of pine nuts.

Well, nut butters are something many of those with nut allergies are jealous of. That is why I have been doing seed butters and almond butter for quite some time.

When you want to live a more natural lifestyle, homemade spreads are simple things to swap to a more healthy ones. No additional stuff that you don't want (or additive names you cannot even pronounce!), and when you roast seeds yourself, the product has not been standing one year on a shop shelf.

So, without further ado, here is a simple recipe for a flavourful sunflower seed butter. Check also in the end, other yummy homemade spreads to alternate from shop-bought basic cream cheese, for example!

Ingredients for sunflower seed butter

• 500g sunflower seeds (raw and shelled)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp honey
• 1-2 tsp olive oil
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How to do

1. Roast the sunflower seeds in the oven: 175°C (347°F) for 8-10 minutes, mix and roast 3 to 5 minutes more until golden brown. Let the seeds cool down.
2. Mix the sunflower seeds in a food processor, pausing every few minutes to let the processor rest and not to heat the seed butter. This might take 10 to 15 minutes, depending on your machine. (Check the photo series and step-by-step guidance of the grinding process stages here.)
3. When the seeds have formed a buttery consistency and start looking - well, a nut butter - add in the rest of the ingredients: salt, sugar, honey, and olive oil. Grind to mix and spoon into an airtight glass jar.

Enjoy on top of kefir crêpes, semolina flatbread, or mix in your homemade granola!

Every day makes a difference. ♡

Sonja

PS. I promised to link for you some other spreads as well, so try out chives cream cheese spread, kefir soft cheese and wood sorrel pesto too! All my spread recipes you can browse here and the full step-by-step recipe with process shots for the sunflower seed butter you can read here.