Two Gluten-Free Quinoa Flakes Dessert Recipes

Recipe#1 Gluten-Free Banana-Quinoa Muffins

Ingredients

1/2 cup Quinoa Flour
1/2 cup Quinoa Flakes
2 Tbsp Honey
2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
2 Very Ripe organic Bananas
2 organic Eggs

Directions

1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2.Mix flour and flakes with dry ingredients.
3.In separate bowl mix together bananas, eggs and honey, add to dry ingredients.
4.Pour into greased muffin tins.
5.Bake 20-25 minutes at 400 degrees.

*Note: fill muffin tins 1/2 full.

*Note:Quinoa Flakes
Many people have found quinoa flakes to be a fantastic alternative to dried oats, and use them in place of oatmeal in baking recipes. Oatmeal cookies can easily become quinoa cookies, and some people testify to the more filling nature of this grain.
Even though quinoa is an ancient grain, its use in North American cooking is fairly recent.

#2 Gluten-Free Crispy Quinoa Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup Honey
1 cup Quinoa Flour (or Rice Flour)
1/3 cup Sucanat(organic brown sugar)
3/4 cup Quinoa Flakes
1/2 cup organic butter
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 cup natural nut butter
1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

1.Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2.Beat honey, brown sugar, butter,nut butter and vanilla in medium bowl until creamy.
3.Combine quinoa flour, quinoa flakes, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
4.Add to mixture and beat until well blended.
5.If desired add nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
6.Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet.

Yields about 3 dozen cookies.

Enjoy!!

Sylvie Thibert