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Make Mesquite Flour Cookies

You can expect a full grocery sack of mesquite pods to grind down to about two cups of flour. Dry the pods
thoroughly by toasting them briefly in the oven, heating them in a microwave or cooking them in a solar oven.
Otherwise the sugar-rich flour will get sticky by absorbing moisture from the air. Then immediately grind the driedpods in a coffee grinder or blender. You might have to break the pods into smaller pieces to get started. If it’s too humid,
the process may gum up your blender (and you can resume on another, drier day). The hard seeds and parts of the hull
that do not grind should be sifted out of the flour.

Recipes for Mesquite Flour Cookies can be found on the Internet http://www.ediblephoenix.com/pages/articles/year2006/fall06/pdfs/mesquite.pdf