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    Home » Diet » Gluten Free Recipes

    Quinoa Raisin Cookies

    5 from 3 votes
    Posted August 18, 2014 (last updated May 1, 2020) by Wendy Polisi

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    Looking to sneak a little nutrition in on your children?  Give these Quinoa Raisin Cookies a try!  Kids love them and only you will know they are healthy!

    With a busy toddler in the house, I’m finding that this years back to school is requiring a lot more planning and preparation on my part. In addition to the boys school work, I’m really trying to focus on their diets. I was pretty easy on myself this summer, and relied on more packaged goods than is normal in our household. (Mostly organic and healthier, but still, packaged.)
    Quinoa Raisin Cookies - WendyPolisi.com
    I’m working to correct this now.

    One thing that all three of them have been enjoying quite a bit is raisins.

    Technically I suppose you could argue that raisins come in a package, but you can’t argue with the ingredient list: raisins.

    Quinoa Raisin Cookies

    They are fat free and have no cholesterol or added sugar. As an added bonus just ¼ cup offers 9% of your daily requirements for fiber and potassium and 6% of your daily iron. California Raisins are dried-by-the-sun, and I feel great about the boys having them as during the day or after schools snacks! Since Skye has ALL of her teeth, I feel great about giving them to her too!

    I love that they are portable, even in the hot weather and of course they are healthy! Not only that, but according to the USDA they are the most economical dried fruit.

    Quinoa Raisin Cookies

    Since we are including cooking in our homeschooling this year, I’ve been letting the boys help me make some great snacks with raisins.

    Some other snack ideas with raisins:

    • Add them to your banana bread! We made a great Quinoa Raisin Banana Bread last week. I'll be sharing the recipe as soon as I've done some final tweaking
    • Make your own trail mix
    • Chocolate Raisin Nut Clusters - another fun one we did with popped quinoa.

    The boys happily ate all of these and Skye's reaction was "YUM! Yum!"

     

    Quinoa Raisin Cookies
    And they both really love these cookies, which are low in sugar but still delicious, thanks to the natural sweetness of the raisins.

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    Quinoa Raisin Cookies

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    5 from 3 votes

    Quinoa Raisin Cookies

    This delicious and nutritious Quinoa Raisin Cookies are perfect for a quick snack.
    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Cook Time20 minutes mins
    Total Time30 minutes mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Quinoa
    Servings: 18
    Calories: 138kcal
    Author: Wendy Polisi

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup almond meal
    • 1 cup quinoa flakes
    • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon sea salt
    • 2 eggs or 2 flax eggs 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds combined with 6 tablespoons warm water
    • ½ cup almond butter
    • ¼ cup applesauce
    • ¼ cup maple syrup
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • ¾ cup raisins
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    • In a large bowl, combine almond meal, quinoa flakes, baking soda, cinnamon and sea salt.
    • In a separate bowl combine eggs, almond butter, applesauce, maple syrup and vanilla. Mix well and add to the dry ingredients. Add in raisins.
    • Using a tablespoon measure, drop cookies into parchment paper. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to sit in the pan for 5 minutes. Move to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

    Notes

    Servings 18, Calories 135, Fat 7.4g, Carbohydrates 14.4g, Protein 4.1g, Cholesterol 18mg, Sodium 166mg, Potassium 155mg, Fiber 1.6g, Sugars 7.2g

    Nutrition

    Calories: 138kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 178mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 0.9mg

     

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    Hi, I’m Wendy! I’m a cook, 5 time cookbook author, blogger, natural health enthusiast…and most importantly a mom. My boys are 16 & 17 and my late life princess is 9.

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    1. Shannon Graham

      January 26, 2018 at 1:16 am

      5 stars
      One of my favorite cookies. Never tried it this way before!

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    2. Scott Belanger

      December 31, 2022 at 9:16 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Wendy
      Just made these- turned out delicious! I omitted the maple syrup as raisins are plenty sweet - I also used apple butter instead of apple sauce and used ground blanched almonds. Really pleased!!
      Many thanks

      Reply

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