Crunchy Quinoa Granola
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
15 cups
- Serves:
- 60
ingredients
- 6 cups old fashioned oats (not instant)
- 1 cup quinoa, soaked and rinsed
- 1⁄2 cup ground flax seeds (optional)
- 1 1⁄2 1 1/2 cups cashews or 1 1/2 cups pecans
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup salted butter
- 1⁄2 cup corn syrup or 1/2 cup agave syrup
- 1⁄2 cup honey
- 1⁄2 cup molasses
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 15 15 ounces dried apricots or 15 ounces dried pineapple, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup water
directions
- Soak quinoa in enough water to generously cover. Soak for a minimum of 2 hours, maximum of 24.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Mix drained quinoa, oats, nuts, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and flax in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a sauce pan, melt butter.
- Add corn syrup, honey, and molasses. Bring to a boil.
- Boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, and carefully add vanilla. It will wildly boil, so stand back from the steam.
- Stir butter mixture in to the oats, and coat evenly.
- Once well coated, add the 1/4 cup water. (The water will help the granola form clusters.).
- Using a half sheet pan, press the granola firmly out into a sheet pan.
- Bake in a 200 degree oven for 30 minutes.
- Stir, and press granola back down into the pan.
- Cook for another 20- 30 minutes.
- By now, it should have begun to dry out and form clusters.
- Turn off oven and allow to cool in the oven.
- When cool, break in to clusters, and stir in the dried fruit of your choice.
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