Bodacious Blackberry Bites (in a Quinoa Crust Cup) -- Gluten free, Dairy free
A different, delicious, bodacious dessert recipe!
Ingredients
- For the crust:
- 2 cups cooked black quinoa cooled
- ¼ cup pecans crushed
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon honey
- 1 egg
- For the filling:
- 18 oz fresh blackberries
- 1.5 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoon honey
- pinch of sea salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Mix all crust ingredients in large bowl, then press some of the quinoa mixture into each cup of a mini muffin tin.
- Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees. (Crust should be firmed up, but not completely browned.)
- While baking your crusts, gently mix blackberries, lemon juice, sea salt, vanilla, honey, and cornstarch in a large bowl.
- Remove muffin tin from oven and increase temperature to 375 degrees.
- Top each par-baked crust with blackberry mixture (around 3-4 berries on each).
- Bake at 375 for another 25 minutes.
- Serve warm.