Yummy Sounding Recipe

Quinoa, Apricot, and Nut Clusters

Ingredients 

·         3/4 cup white quinoa

·         1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

·         1/2 cup shelled raw sunflower seeds

·         1/2 cup shelled raw pistachios chopped

·         1 cup dried apricots thinly sliced

·         1/4 cup sugar

·         1/2 teaspoon coarse salt

·         1/4 cup honey

·         2 tablespoons vegetable oil

·         1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

·         2 large eggs plus 1 large egg white lightly beaten

·         Vegetable-oil cooking spray

Directions

1.    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse quinoa thoroughly in a fine sieve; drain. Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add quinoa; return to a boil. Stir quinoa; cover, and reduce heat. Simmer until most liquid is absorbed and quinoa is slightly undercooked, about 12 minutes; transfer to a rimmed baking sheet. Bake, fluffing with a fork occasionally, until pale golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in a large bowl.

2.    Spread oats on baking sheet; bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Add oats to quinoa. Spread seeds on baking sheet; bake until lightly toasted, about 7 minutes. Add to quinoa mixture; let cool. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.

3.    Toss nuts, apricots, sugar, and salt with quinoa mixture. Beat honey, oil, and vanilla into eggs; stir into quinoa mixture.

4.    Line a 12-by-17-inch baking sheet with parchment; lightly coat with cooking spray. Spoon 1/4 cup batter onto sheet for each cluster; space 3 inches apart. Flatten to 1/4 inch thick. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until crisp, about 25 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. Store, loosely covered with foil, up to 2 days.