Crispy Gluten Free Granola Bars With Quinoa Food

CRISPY GLUTEN-FREE GRANOLA BARS WITH QUINOA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line an 8 x 8 baking dish with parchment paper.
• Mix together dry ingredients and set aside.
• Melt the honey and almond butter together. Then pour over the dry ingredients and mix together until everything is combined.
• Transfer the granola mixture to the prepared baking dish and press down with your hands (hard). Press, press, press. Make sure it's fully into all the corners and packed in there.
• Bake for 16 - 18 minutes until the bars have started to brown. Remove and immediately slice into bars, but keep it in the pan to let it cool completely.
• Once they're cooled, remove them from the pan and break them into bars.

QUINOA GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, combine the ingredients, except cinnamon, in the order listed and mix well.
• Place mixture in a 8 or 9 inch greased baking pan and press flat using the back of a fork or slightly moistened finger tips.
• Sprinkle the top with cinnamon.
• Bake 45 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and cut into bars.
• Return pan to oven for 10 minutes until bars become crisp.
• Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
• Notes: Recipe can be tripled using a jelly roll pan (11X17). Bars freeze well. Granulated maple sugar is 100% maple syrup that has been cooked at a higher temperature. I have subbed with brown sugar in a pinch.

QUINOA GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Soak dry quinoa in 1/2 cup of water for two hours.
• To make the granola, mix all dry granola ingredients, including the soaked quinoa, in a bowl.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• Heat oil and honey in a small saucepan until thin; stir into dry ingredients until mixed.
• Pour the granola mixture into a jelly roll pan and toast for 1 hour at 250 degrees, stirring occasionally.
• Store in a plastic bag until ready to use.
• Cook mixed dried fruit with 2 cups water at a simmer half the water has evaporated (about 45 minutes).
• Add 3/4 cup dry quinoa and enough water to cover plus a quarter inche and cook over medium heat 20 minutes, adding more water as needed.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Set aside 1 cup cooked quinoa; pour the rest of the quinoa with cooking liquid and fruit pieces into a blender.
• Blend until large fruit pieces are chopped up.
• Add 1/2 cup raisins, the salt, lemon juice, vanilla, and banana.
• Blend.
• (Mixture will be thick; stop the blender and push with spoon if you have to, adding water if needed) Spoon blender mixture into a bowl, stirring in granola, 1/2 cup dried fruit, and 1/2 cup raisins.
• Press into a greased and floured glass baking dish and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Cool.
• Cut into desired number of bars.

EASY GLUTEN FREE GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Line a 15x10 inch (38x25cm) pan with parchment paper.
• Combine quinoa flakes, nuts, raisins, seeds, chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Chopped apricots or cranberries can be used instead of raisins.
• Mix well either in a stand mixer or you can roll up your sleeves and mix by hand - literally.
• Transfer to parchment-lined pan. Put another piece of parchment paper over the top and compress as well as possible with the back of a spoon, hands or a handle-less rolling pin.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree F. (160 C) oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool completely then chill, overnight is best. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container, can be frozen.