Raise your hand if you love granola! Many of packaged granolas in the grocery stores are filled with added fats, preservatives and chemicals. Make your own and you are in control of the ingredients.
Gluten Free Quinoa Granola with Dried Cranberries
Quinoa, Granola, Gluten-free, Wheat-free, The everything wheat-free diet cookbook
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic whole rolled oats
- 1 cup buckwheat groats
- 1/3 cup uncooked quinoa
- 2 T ground chia seeds
- 3/4 cup raw chopped almonds
- 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup raw chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons shredded unsweetened coconut
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup unsweetened dried cranberries or other unsweetened fruit of your choice or even mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons chopped unsweetened apricots
- 1/3 chopped dates
- 1/2 cup real maple syrup
- 1/4 cup organic coconut oil melted
Instructions
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Mix dry ingredients (first 4 ingredients), then add nuts, seeds and coconut. Mix all together really well adding in the cinnamon.
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Mix in maple syrup, melted coconut oil, then dried fruit. Make sure everything is mixed up and coated well.
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Spoon and press mixture onto baking sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper. Bake at 225 degrees for 60 minutes.
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Let cool after removing from oven then pull corners of wax paper together to crumble granola.
I suggest putting in individual serving size baggies because this granola is ADDICTIVE! My kids love it too. I keep in the car, my bag and everywhere! And there’s quinoa in there, so it’s healthy!
You can add whatever nuts and dried fruits that you’d like. I probably make this weekly and I try to mix it up ever time. Plus, it tastes different each time so the kids won’t get bored.
I love it in my Greek yogurt, with almond milk or just to snack on. This is just one of the recipes from my new cookbook, The Everything Wheat-Free Diet Cookbook sold at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and all major book stores. Go pick up your coy today! Thank you for all of your support!
Gluten Free Quinoa Granola with Dried Cranberries
Quinoa, Granola, Gluten-free, Wheat-free, The everything wheat-free diet cookbook
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic whole rolled oats
- 1 cup buckwheat groats
- 1/3 cup uncooked quinoa
- 2 T ground chia seeds
- 3/4 cup raw chopped almonds
- 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup raw chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons shredded unsweetened coconut
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup unsweetened dried cranberries or other unsweetened fruit of your choice or even mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons chopped unsweetened apricots
- 1/3 chopped dates
- 1/2 cup real maple syrup
- 1/4 cup organic coconut oil melted
Instructions
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Mix dry ingredients (first 4 ingredients), then add nuts, seeds and coconut. Mix all together really well adding in the cinnamon.
-
Mix in maple syrup, melted coconut oil, then dried fruit. Make sure everything is mixed up and coated well.
-
Spoon and press mixture onto baking sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper. Bake at 225 degrees for 60 minutes.
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Let cool after removing from oven then pull corners of wax paper together to crumble granola.
Love this, Lauren! Making!! Just tweeted and Google+’d, too! xo
Thanks so much sweet Ally 🙂
Lauren I love this! Your photos look so good too … I pinned it for the next granola making round, which has got to happen this weekend because I need something to stir into my yogurt next week at work!
Thanks so much Ann!! It’s one if my favorites! XOXO
Looks good, but I don’t see an amount for chocolate chips?
Hi leigh Ann! You can use chocolate chips in place of the dried fruit so it would be 1/3 cup. Thanks so much!
Does the quinoa have to be cooked first or us it dry?
That’s the beauty of this, the quinoa is uncooked Wendy. Hope you like it!
Do you put your dried fruit in the mixture before it goes in the oven? I did that once on accident and the fruit came out rock hard. I was wondering if you don’t have that problem with this particular recipe.
Hi Laurie! Yes, I mix everything together and place it in the oven. It comes out great. Maybe you baked it at a higher temperature before? I hope you like it!
I just looked and your temp is lower! :/ my bad! lol I’ll give it a try
No problem Laurie! Let me know how it comes out! 🙂
if I don’t use buckwheat groat, what can I replace it with? The temperature used is F, not C, am I correct?
Hello Kitty! Yes I mean t F not C, thank you 🙂 As for substituting buckwheat groats, you can easily use another grain or nut if you’d like. Thanks for stopping by!