Dan's Mesquite Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Dan's Mesquite Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Makes about 50 cookies.

1/2 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup Baking Margarine (Or 1 Cup Butter total, instead of 50/50)
3/4 Cup Turbinado Cane Sugar (Or 3/4 Cup White Sugar)
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1 TSP Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Mesquite Flour
1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 TSP Salt
1 Cup Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Oatmeal

1. Cream butter, margarine, and sugar. Let these ingredients mix fully before continuing
2. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Let ingredients mix fully before adding more.
3. Add salt, baking soda, mesquite flour, all purpose flour in slowly.
4. Add chocolate chips and oatmeal.

Divide into one ounce portions. I previously used baking powder assuming it'd be identical to baking soda. I have not re-tested this recipe to see if they'll flatten normally. The previous batch used baking powder and required flattening prior to baking. Just a heads up.

Bake in a preheated, 350 F oven for 10 minutes.

This recipe is a modified version of a recipe found on davescupboard.blogspot.com .

I have used this basic recipe for other cookie varieties. up to 2 cups of "mix in ingredients" can substitute for the chocolate and oatmeal in the recipe, and the 1 cup of Mesquite Flour can be substituted for 1 cup of All Purpose Flour.

Mesquite flour can be purchased at www.nativeseeds.org