Keto Vegan Nut and Sunflower Cookies

These vegan nut and seed cookies are made with a base of sunflower butter and pumpkin, so no eggs or dairy is needed. The nuts and seeds consist of a blend of almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and hemp seeds. All these ingredients are rich in healthy fats and fiber, as well as a high volume of other nutrients. The Keto sunflower butter cookie only includes ground sunflower seeds in the butter. The other seeds included are all whole for a crunchy texture. The cookies are sweet but not overly sweet. They make a versatile dessert, snack, or even part of your breakfast!

What are the healthiest nuts and seeds on the Keto diet?

Some of the healthiest nuts and seeds you can eat are included in this yummy vegan cookie recipe. Sunflower, pumpkin, and hemp seeds are all high in fat and low in carbs. Most of their carbs are derived from fiber, so net carbs are low per cookie. Almonds fit the same bill and have a nice fat content with a lower carb count. This blend of nuts and seeds has fatty acids, unsaturated fats, B vitamins, iron, magnesium, manganese, and other important nutrients and vitamins.

What is sunflower butter?

Sunflower seed butter is an alternative to peanut butter and is a healthier substitution. Sunflower butter may also be called sunbutter and is made from just sunflower seeds! Sometimes oil or sweetener is added to sunflower butter, so check any labels before you buy sunflower butter from the store. You could also make your own at home.

Where to find hemp seeds

Hemp seeds come hulled in bags, and there are a few places you may find them shelved in your grocery store. Check the baking aisle where special-diet ingredients are first. If they’re not there, check wherever whole nuts are packaged for consumption (sometimes this will be around produce). Finally, hemp seeds are considered a health food, so look where other health foods like powders and superfoods may be shelved.