Pinon Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups shelled pine nuts
• 1 cup water
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons lard or 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 mash the pinon nuts on a metate with a mano or mash with a mortar.
• 2 mashed pinons will look like meat, mix mashed nuts with water and salt. then knead until it is a soft batter.
• 3 let batter sit a while before cooking.
• 4 put a large skillet on the fire, when it is hot add the lard or vegetable oil.
• 5 drop the batter in the skillet by the tablespoonful, flattening out into patties about 3 inches across. reduce the heat so the cakes cook but do not burn. this bread is tasty either hot or cold.