Mesquite Shortbread

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter at room temperature
• 1/4 cup maple syrup (optional - use for a sweeter cookie)
• 1/8 cup ground flax seed
• 1/8 cup oat bran (or use ground-up oats or flour)
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• pinch salt
• 1/2 cup mesquite meal
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Combine butter and maple syrup with a hand-mixer and set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flax seed, oat bran, pecans or walnuts, salt, mesquite flour and regular flour.
4. Mix butter into flour mixture.
5. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick and cut with a cookie or biscuit cutter.
6. Bake for about 10-12 minutes.