Ingredients:
- 2 cups cooked buckwheat
- 1 cup raw rolled oats
- 3 apples
- 1 cup dried cranberries, or raisins
- 1 cup dried apple slices, or other dried fruit
- 30 dates, pitted and soaked in water for 15 minutes (add more for sweeter snacks)
- 1 cup raw almonds
- 1 1/4 cups raw sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
Directions:
1. In a food processor, place 1 cup cooked buckwheat, cored apples (keep the peel), dates, honey, cinnamon, salt, and 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
2. Grind until completely smooth. Transfer the mixture to a large mixing bowl.
3. Add 1/4 cup sunflower seeds, 1/2 cup almonds, 1/2 cup cranberries, dried apple (or other fruit) slices to the food processor (you don’t need to rinse the bowl in between steps). Very coarsely chop the nuts, seeds, and fruit in a few quick pulses. Add them to the bowl with the apple mixture and combine well.
Add the oats, and remaining buckwheat, almonds, sunflower seeds, and cranberries to the mixture and combine. If the dough is too moist, add a pinch more oats to the mixture. The dough should be sticky but not runny. The varying degrees of chopped nuts, seeds, and fruits give this granola an amazing texture.
4. Use a cookie cutter to shape the granola dough into no bake oatmeal cookies.
Variation: If you like crunchy cookies, place in oven for 10 minutes at 180 ̊ C, then turn over and bake for an other 5 minutes.
