Cinnamon Vanilla Sunflower Butter

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups / 225 g raw sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup / 60 ml sunflower oil, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt, plus more as needed
• 2 tablespoons vanilla bean paste (or seeds scraped from 2 plump vanilla beans)
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• zest of 1/2 a lemon, or to taste