Sunflower Butter Blossoms

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ cup "safe" margarine

  like Earth Balance
• ½ cup sunflower butter
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon flax seed meal and 3 tablespoons warm water

  mixed together
• 2 tablespoons soy or rice milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1-¾ cups gluten free all-purpose flour mix
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 1 ¼ cups "safe" semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2-½ teaspoons "safe" margarine or coconut oil

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
• 2 In a large mixing bowl, beat the margarine and sunflower butter with a mixer on
  medium speed for about 30 seconds. Add ½ cup granulated sugar, brown sugar,
  baking powder and baking soda. Beat until combined, scraping the sides of the
  bowl. Add the flax seed meal and water mixture, milk and vanilla; mix well.
  Gradually mix in the flour.
• 3 Form dough into balls, using about 1 tablespoon of dough for each. Roll in
  granulated sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• 4 Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 10-12 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove
  from oven and transfer to cooling rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• 5 Press a piece of chocolate candy into the center of each cookie.
• 6 Add the chocolate chips and margarine or coconut oil to a glass measuring cup or
  bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring after each one until the
  chocolate chips have melted and the mixture is smooth.
• 7 Transfer the melted chocolate to a decorating bag or a resealable plastic
  sandwich bag. If using a plastic bag, snip a very small piece from the corner of
  the bag with scissors. When the chocolate begins to firm up, pipe it onto a
  piece of wax paper. Start with about a dime-sized circle and go around about 5
  times to create a chocolate candy. Alternatively, you can pipe the chocolate
  into candy molds.
• 8 Allow the candy to cool and firm up. You can speed up this process by putting
  them in the freezer for 10-15 minutes.

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