Today’s Gluten-Free Magic Quinoa Bars are the oat-free quinoa flakes version of my Gluten-Free Magic Oat Bars, which are my gluten-free graham cracker-free version of the classic Magic Cookie Bars. You may know them as simply Magic Bars.
Gluten-Free Magic Quinoa Bar Ready To Eat. (They’re exceptionally chewy and amazing after cooling for an hour.)
They’re also known as 7-Layer Bars by many, although technically that recipe contains two kinds of chips—usually semi-sweet chocolate chips and butterscotch chips—and Magic Bars do not.
If you don’t want to wait for the Magic Quinoa Bars to cool all the way, you can use a fork as I did!
To explain, years ago necessity turned out to be the mother of invention when I wanted to make gluten-free Magic Bars but had no gluten-free graham crackers on hand. I’ve only rarely purchased gluten-free graham crackers because they’re a treat and can be pricey, especially as part of a recipe with several pricey items. All the ingredients can add up quickly in that case—and that’s true even for a recipe such as Magic Bars when they’re not gluten-free specialty ingredients.
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