Quinoa Granola Recipe

This Gluten Free Quinoa Granola Recipe is a delicious and healthy way to start your day!  Sweet and crunchy, this is one the whole family will love!

This post was sponsored by Crisco® Coconut Oil as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

Although my mom would sometimes cook a hot breakfast in the morning when I was growing up, most of the time breakfast was cereal. From a very young age, my go-to cereal was granola.

I have always loved the texture and variety of tastes that granola offers. I also love that unlike most cereal, when I eat granola I stay full until lunch.

Now that I'm the mom, I tend to make granola rather than buy it.

This Gluten Free Quinoa Granola is one that will become a regular in my house.

With a touch of sweetness, the richness of coconut oil, quinoa, oats, pumpkin seeds and almonds, this granola makes a crave-worthy breakfast or snack.  I love the crunchy texture that the quinoa adds!

You guys know I love my coconut oil, and I was so excited to find out that Crisco® now has both refined and unrefined organic coconut oil.  It was so convienent to pick up on my weekly Target run.

I love the flavor that Crisco® Unrefined Organic Coconut Oil adds to this gluten-free granola! Unlike refined coconut oil, which has no flavor or aroma, unrefined coconut oil has a very distinct coconut flavor and odor. It gives dishes, like this quinoa granola a very distinct coconutty flavor that I love. While refined coconut oil blends into the background, unrefined comes front and center and really delivers a flavor punch.

My whole family loved the coconut flavor of this granola!  It made a great easy breakfast - it was so nice to wake-up and know that I didn't have to worry about what we were having before school.

As we sat around the table eating it the first day, I was reminded of mornings in my childhood home.

Tools for Making this Quinoa Granola Recipe

• Parchment Paper
• Mixing Bowls
• Baking Sheet

Quinoa Granola Recipe

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5 from 9 votes

Quinoa Granola Recipe

My mom loves granola and yogurt, and I came up with this Quinoa Granola recipe for her. I like the maple syrup, but you could also use honey or brown rice syrup. Keep it in an airtight container for up to a week.

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Healthy

Keyword: quinoa granola, quinoa granola recipe

Servings: 12

Calories: 231kcal

Author: Wendy Polisi

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons coconut palm sugar
• ⅓ cup coconut oil melted
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• ½ cup pumpkin seeds
• ½ cup sliced almonds
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup quinoa soaked for 30 minutes and dried
• 1 cup oatmeal
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• ½ cup tart dried cherries

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Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl, combine maple syrup, brown sugar, coconut oil, and vanilla.
• In a large bowl, combine pumpkin seeds, almonds, salt, cinnamon, quinoa, and oatmeal.
• Toss with maple syrup mixture and spread in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake 25 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool. Stir in dried cranberries and cherries and store in an airtight container.

Notes

Make it Cleaner: Make sure your dried fruit is unsweetened or instead add fresh fruit when you eat the granola. Make it Gluten-Free: Make sure you use gluten free oats.

Nutrition

Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 177mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 180IU | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1.4mg

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