Mesquite Recipes

From: Peggy Sue Sorensen
of The Desert Kitchen

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Peggy Sue Sorensen has been enjoying the variety and delicious options available with mesquite flour and pods for several years. We managed to get a few recipes from her this year and we are delighted to share them with you. 

Mesquite Nectar/Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 8 cups Water
  • 4 cups broken mesquite pods.

Directions:

  • Boil pods for 15 minutes the remove from heat and let sit until the water cools.
  • Blend the water and pods in a blender until fully well blended.
  • Strain the liquid to remove all the mash.
  • Add 1 cup water to the mash to extract again, then strain and squeeze out well. 
  • Drink as is, for simmer liquid down into a simple syrup. 

Mesquite Balls / Mesquite Butter

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Mesquite flour
  • 1 cup any nut butter.
  • Optional: Spices, herbs, nuts, seeds, or dried fruit. (Salt, cinnamon, ginger, etc.)
  • Cacao powder or coconut flakes

Directions:

  • Mix mesquite flour and nut butter together. 
  • Add in any optional ingredients.
  • Form into bite-sized balls and
  • Either roll in extra mesquite flour, cacao powder, or coconut , flakes, or
  • put mixture into a jar and use as a spread on bread, crackers, or just as a treat by the spoonful.

Mesquite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups Mesquite Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup applesauce
  • 2 Tbsps. chia seeds in 1/3 cup water
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 300°F
  • Combine all dry ingredients except the chocolate chips,
  • Mix in butter/oil, eggs, vanilla and applesauce. Dough will be dryish.
  • Add chocolate chips last. 
  • Divide into small, flat cookies
  • Bake “low and slow” for 45 minutes. 

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