These delicious mint chocolate chip cookies are naturally green. The cookies are naturally colored with sunflower seeds! Sunflower seeds turn green in an alkaline environment (baking soda). But the sunflower seed mint cookies don’t taste of sunflower seeds, they taste minty and refreshing!
Don’t the naturally green chocolate chip cookies look colorful with the natural blue icing? I used butterfly pea flower tea to dye the icing but you can also use homemade natural blue food coloring.
Ingredients:
Naturally Green Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1 cup homemade naturally green sunflower seeds
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 tbsp yogurt – I used soy yogurt
- 2 tsp homemade vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 14 drops essential peppermint oil
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Natural Blue Icing
- 1 bag butterfly pea flower powder (1.5g)
- 2 tbsp boiling water
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Naturally Green Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 350°F. Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
Puree the naturally green sunflower seeds in a food processor until smooth. Mix all ingredients together. Roll tablespoon-sized spoonfuls of batter into balls. Use a fork to press a criss-cross pattern into them.
Bake the naturally green mint cookies for about 10 minutes.
Natural Blue Icing
Pour the boiling water over the blue tea. Steep it for 10 minutes. Remove the tea bag and stir in the powdered sugar.
Instead of butterfly pea flower tea you can also make natural blue icing with red cabbage.
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Don’t want mint-flavored cookies? Make Naturally Green Sunflower Cookies instead!
Interesting twist and a colourful one too on an old favourite #MMBC
Did I tell you that I adore that you use natural colors in your goodies? If not, I am telling you now.😁 These look so good and I love mint flavored cookies and chocolates. I am sure these would be a hit at this week’s Fiesta Friday party! Thank you for joining and for sharing! I hope you have fun!😊
i love your use of natural dyes-and all your sewing posts too! All of it basically : )