Fruit and Nut Quinoa Bars

Quinoa Bars Cut into Squares on Wooden Chopping Board

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5 from 10 votes

Quinoa, nuts, seeds and dried fruit combined to make a high energy snack/breakfast bar.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time55

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Western

Servings:

Calories: 160kcal

Author: Amy

Equipment

9 inch (23cm) Baking Tray

Ingredients

120g (⅔ Cup) White Quinoa
330ml (1 ⅓ cup) Water
85g (½ Cup) Medjool Dates , pits removed
90g (½ Cup) Dried Apricots
75g (¾ Cup) Walnuts
45g (½ cup) Seed mix (I used sunflower and pumpkin 50:50)
45g (½ cup) Almond Flour
40g (½ cup) Unsweetened Desiccated Coconut
2 Large ripe bananas (Equivalent to 1 cup mashed / 250g)
2 tablespoons Peanut butter

Instructions

Thoroughly rinse the quinoa. Add the quinoa and water to a pan and bring to a boil. Once at a rapid boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for approx 12 mins (until water absorbed.) Fluff with a fork and leave covered for a further 5 mins. Allow cooling.
Preheat oven to 180c / 355f / gas 4, grease and line a 9 inch / 23cm square baking tray with parchment papaer.
Finely chop the dates, apricots, walnuts & seeds and then add to a large mixing bowl along with the cooled quinoa, almond flour and coconut.
Mash the bananas and add to the quinoa mixture, along with the peanut butter. Stir to thoroughly combine.
Place the mixture into it the lined baking tray. Press down the mixture and ensure the mixture is compacted.
Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until golden.
Chill and cut into fingers squares.

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Notes

CHOKING HAZARD: If making for young children take care to finely chop all nuts, seeds and dried fruit.

SWEETNESS: This bar is sweetened only with fruit, make sure to use ripe bananas for extra sweetness. You can taste the mixture before cooking and add a tablespoon or two of maple syrup or honey if required. (Added sweetener not recommended for under 2s)

Nutritional information is a ROUGH guide only, calculated using an online nutrition calculator.

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