Homemade Granola Bar with Quinoa flour

Homemade Granola Bar with Quinoa flour

Hi all this is Tracy W.

• This is actually my first attempt at making homemade granola bars, and wow they turned out fantastic. This is a great quick and healthy snack for you and the kids.

  

•  Make sure you have all of your ingredients laid out and ready to go

• 3 cups of large flake oats (High in fiber)
• ½ cup of olive oil (rich in antioxidants)
•  ½ cup of coconut oil (good for hair and skin)
• 1 ½ cups of quinoa flour (high in protein)
• 1 teaspoon of baking power
• 1cup of brown sugar
• 2/3 cup of goji berries (high in vitamin C)
• ¾  cup of walnuts (high in omega 3)
• ¾ of pumpkin seeds (high in antioxidants)
• ½ cup of raisins
• 2/3 of dark chocolate chips (increases blood flow to the brain)

• 1 cup of coconut flakes (rich in fiber)
• ¾ cup of dried cranberry (a good source of vitamins b12, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin A)
• 2 teaspoon of cinnamon (1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon per day can lower LDL cholesterol)
• 1/3 cup of ground flax seeds (contains omega-3)
• ¾ cup of tart cherries (high in antioxidants)
• 1 cup of honey   

•        Pre heat oven to 325 degrees
•          Combine all dry ingredient

 

Granola Mixture

• Then combine the oils and honey

• Once all mixed together, line a flat baking pan with parchment paper. 
• The more you compact the mixture into the pan the better it will stay together.

• Place the pan into the oven for 25 minutes. 
• Once done let sit for 1 hour or more too cool.

• Once it has cooled down (make sure it has fully cooled, if not, it will crumble and won’t cut in to bars). 
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• Check out this link for great mores great ideas http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-granola-bars-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-176676