Ingredients

  • 1 cup red quinoa regular works as well
  • 1/2 banana
  • 4 pitted dates
  • 1/4 cup goji berries
  • 1/4 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 1/4 cup brazil nuts or walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil
  • 2 tablespoons almond butter
  • cinnamon
  • cardamon
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt or Himalayan

Method

  • Rise 1 dry cup of quinoa in water.
  • Add 1.5 cups of water to quinoa in a medium pot.
  • Bring quinoa to a boil, and then simmer for about 12 minutes.
  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  • Transfer the quinoa to a large mixing bowl.
  • Add coconut oil and mix it into the quinoa.
  • Add chopped banana, almond butter, and then dates and gojis, and mix. Mush up the banana.
  • Add sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, nuts, and shredded coconut, and mix thoroughly.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon, cardamom, and salt into the dough and mix everything together.
  • Grease a baking sheet with coconut oil.
  • Use a large spoon to pick up a heaping tablespoon of the dough and form it into a ball with your hands.
  • Place the ball onto the greased cookie sheet and press the middle of the ball down gently to form a circle a bit more than 1/2 an inch thick.
  • Repeat until all of the dough has been made into circles on the baking sheet.
  • Bake for 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
  • Turn off the oven and allow the cookies to cool for 15 minutes on the baking sheet. Then transfer the cookies into a sealed airtight container.