Best Quinoa Granola Bars Recipes

QUINOA-MAPLE GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Combine oats, oat bran, coconut, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, quinoa flakes, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves in a large bowl.
• Combine maple syrup, honey, sun butter, molasses, grapeseed oil, prune baby food, and vanilla extract in a saucepan over low heat. Cook and stir until combined, 1 to 3 minutes. Pour into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until granola is moistened.
• Press granola into a nonstick rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 30 minutes.
• Combine chocolate chips, raisins, cranberries, and cherries in a bowl. Press mixture evenly into the granola base in the baking sheet.
• Bake in the hot oven until firm, about 10 minutes more.
• Remove from oven and let cool. Place in the refrigerator until hardened, 1 to 2 hours. Cut into 1/2-cup-sized granola bars.

OATMEAL RAISIN QUINOA GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• 1. rinse quinoa if needed and let dry. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 8x8 pan with foil and butter or spray with Pam.
• 2. Toast oatmeal, quinoa, and pecans in oven for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. When toasted, place in mixing bowl and add raisins.
• 3. Place rest of ingredients in small pan and heat and stir until hot and sugar is dissolved.
• 4. Pour hot liquid over oatmeal mixture and stir until well coated.
• 5. Place mixture in prepared 8x8 pan. Put waxed paper or parchment paper over and press firmly to flatten and push mixture into corners. Chill in refrigerator several hours.
• 6. Remove from pan using foil to lift. Cut 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.