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Flaky homemade oatmeal cookies served with glass of milk on white table.

Sunflower Seed Cookies

Bree Hester
4.43 from 19 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36 cookies
Calories 148 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter room temperature
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups raw sunflower seeds

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350℉ and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Using the paddle attachment of your stand mixer, mix the butter and brown sugar well.
    Creamy brown sugar and butter mixture in a stand mixer for baking recipes.
  • Add the eggs one at a time while the machine continues to run. Add the vanilla.
    Creamed brown sugar and butter in stand mixer before adding eggs and flour.
  • Add the flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Mix until fully combined.
    Oats and flour in a mixing bowl for baking recipe.
  • Stir in the sunflower seeds.
  • Using an ice cream scoop, transfer mounds of the dough onto the baking sheet, making sure to space them out a little. Flatten them down a bit with your hand or the back of a spoon.
  • Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Allow the cookies to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool completely, approximately 30 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 148kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 3gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 123mgFiber: 1g
Keyword healthy cookies, homemade cookies, seed cookies, sunflower seed cookies
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