Simple Sun Butter (S)

 Have you noticed the sugar and hydrogenated palm oil in many sun butter brands? This really bothered me and having made peanut butter before, I felt it wouldn't be too complicated to make my own. I do it each week. I buy organic, roasted, sunflower seeds, in bulk, so we save a lot as well. I have three boys, plus ourselves, with either nut or peanut allergies, or both. The prep time is so minimal. This is an S, but like all nut and seed butters, you do need to watch out for crossovers, as nuts and seeds, have some carbs. Nut and seed butters are also super calorie dense, so don't over do it.

This is super easy. I eyeball the oil, since its an S anyway. I eyeball the stevia (I have a shaker spice jar I dump it in, so no scooping). Takes about two minutes to dump it all in. I turn the food processor on high and ignore it :)

Simple Sun Butter

Ingredients

4 cups sunflower seeds (I use roasted unsalted, but for single ingredient butter, use salted)

1 teaspoon pink salt

1 Tablespoon melted coconut oil (optional for smoothness and blending speed)

1 doonk of stevia (optional)

Instructions

Melt the Tablespoon of oil, for thirty seconds, in the microwave. If it doesn't melt completely, that's fine. Or use MCT oil or liquid coconut oil. The oil helps the processing, but it also leaves a smoother product and isn't much additional oil per serving. In a food processor, add the rest of the ingredients, then pour the oil on top. I store my stevia and my salt, in shaker bottles, so I don't even pull out the measuring spoons for this. I usually just eyeball the oil, with a butter knife, because this is a fat fuel (S) food, no matter how much coconut oil you use. Turn the food processor on high (don't forget the lid!) and let it do it's thing. It will get thinner, and easily spreadable if you let it get passed the tiny balls stage and pulse until you have a slow vortex happening in the center of the food processor. I use a rubber spatula and store it in a 16oz mason jar. Keeps for weeks, but my boys usually finish it by the end of the week.

For an even quicker version, use just salted sunflower seeds. I like that tiny hint of sweetness, and I like how smooth the oil makes it, but these are not necessary.