Featured Recipe: Pumpkin Seed Butter Cookies (Vegan + Gluten-Free + Nut-Free)

November 1, 2014

Pumpkin Seed Butter Cookies

Makes 14 – 1.5 tbsp size cookies

Regardless of age, these cookies will provide a nice sweet fix after a meal or as a snack. They are a good source of protein, vitamin K, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese as well as zinc, iron and copper.

 

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup “Nuts to You” organic pumpkin seed butter
  • ½ cup “Wholesome Sweeteners” coconut sugar
  • 1 cup “GoGo Quinoa” quinoa flakes
  • ¼ cup “Manitoba Harvest” hemp seeds
  • ½ tsp “Frontier” cinnamon
  • ½ tsp “Simply Organic” vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup unsweetened “Hemp Bliss” hemp milk
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • ¼ cup pumpkin seeds (for decoration)

 

Directions:

Using a food processor, process the pumpkin seeds until roughly ground and set aside. Combine all of the remaining ingredients in a food processor and form into desired size cookies or balls. Roll into ground pumpkin seeds for decoration and enjoy as a treat any time of the day.

Each Serving Contains:

149 calories; 7 g protein; 8 g total fat (0 g trans fat); 15 g total carbohydrates (but only 7 g of sugar!); 43 mg sodium

Posted in Dessert, Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Recipes, Snack