Over my Christmas break, I got sunflower seed butter from Trader Joe's. There's no Trader Joe's around here, so as my sunflower seed butter is getting low, I've been slowly panicking. I'm obsessed with it. I have it every morning slathered on a piece of high fiber toast. They have the Sunbutter here at Wegman's, but for $5.99 a jar, I don't think it's quite worth it for how fast I seem to go through it. Having a jar full of sunflower seeds, I decided I'd make my own. After I melted my
Ninja bowl so I can no longer place the blade inside, I found out
again that my blender doesn't work, and then dirtied the Ninja pitcher trying to finish it off, I only had a sunflower seed paste. Completely frustrated and a bit worried that I had plastic mixed throughout the "butter," I threw it into a jar and into the fridge, threw the Ninja bowl away and ordered a new blade, got a spatula stuck onto the blender blade (it's now still sitting in the sink, me being too afraid to deal with it anymore), cleaned all of the still usable dishes, and proceeded to call my mom and complain about how frustrated I was. I then ordered a
cheap food processor that should be able to handle it next time.
I figured I could make some sort of cookie out of the sunflower seed paste, and after a quick search on my Tastespotting RSS feed, I found
Double Sunflower Seed Scones from Live Laugh Eat. I decided to adapt it slightly and make those. I've been wanting to make scones, anyway.
The scones ended up fantastic, thank goodness. A kitchen fail turned very yummy success. They're nice and moist, studded with dark chocolate chips for a bit of decadence. The sunflower seed butter adds a nice nuttiness to it, and every few bites it actually reminds me of corn bread for some reason. It's just sweet enough to let the sunflower seeds shine through. Next time, I might stir in some whole sunflower seeds just for a bit of a crunch. Oh and by the way, don't you love that mug? My friend, Sam, got it for me for Christmas from Anthropologie. I love Anthropologie.
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