A foolproof starting point is the mesquite-flour chocolate chip cookie from Super Chunk Sweets & Treats in Old Town, or the mesquite-syrup latte from Azukar Coffee in south Phoenix.

The mystery substance was mesquite flour -- the sweet, finely ground seed pods of the same mesquite tree we have to thank for hot-burning mesquite charcoal and delicate mesquite blossom honey.

The mystery substance was mesquite flour -- the sweet, finely ground seed pods of the same mesquite tree we have to thank for hot-burning mesquite charcoal and delicate mesquite blossom honey.

Mesquite Pecan Pie Use the recipe below, or replace 15% of the flour in your favorite crust with mesquite flour. The crust can be prepared and blind baked a day in advance. Makes two crusts.

You may not know it, but Mesquite pods can be nutritious for both people and animals and now Chandler-Gilbert Community College is teaching the public how to turn them into mesquite flour!

A 5 gallon bucket of mesquite pods will yield 1 gallon of mesquite flour. Because it has no gluten, the flour should be mixed with standard flour in recipes.

Each summer, Dana Helfer of Tucson collects the long, yellowish string-bean-like pods produced by mesquite trees on her property and around her neighborhood. And each fall, she has the sweet-tasting ...

food Cooking Are mesquite beans the next gluten-free superfood? The tree pods have a history as a very nutritional food source, especially when turned into flour.

This chocolate chip cookie recipe from Asbury Park Press photographer Tanya Breen calls for mesquite flour, a gluten-free, nutritious flour also known as carob flour.

People are also reading… Mesquite flour has a distinct flavor that tends to go well with molasses, ginger, bananas and peanut butter.

Mesquite flour is for sale at www.nativeseeds.org for $7 for 8 ounces. What: Desert Harvesters Mesquite Milling Fiesta and Mesquite Pancake Breakfast.

Flour ground from mesquite pods is a singularly delicious addition to any baker’s toolkit. It’s naturally very sweet, meaning you can dial back the refined sugar in your next batch of cookies ...