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Fruit processing industry generates a high volume of by-products. However, many of these byproducts may present high nutritional value, or they may present important concentrations of active compounds with antioxidant activities, and in some cases they could have higher concentrations than thosefound in the fruit pulp. However, the discard of such by-prodcuts can cause serious environmental problems. Several studies report that the agroindustrial by-products from fruit process (production of juices, frozen pulp, dried extracts, etc.) can be used in the production of several products, such as: bakery products, animal feed, fertilizers, biogas production, among others. On the other hand, there are still few studies and applications in view of the great potential presented by these by-products. Several studies reported that agroindustrial by-products from camu-camu processing have significant concentrations of active compounds and high nutritional value. Thus, the aim of this project was to produce and characterize flours obtained at different temperatures (50, 60 and 70 C) of the camu-camu pulp by-product (FRCC) and to evaluate the potential for application of the same in cookies. By-product was dried in three different temperatures (50, 60 and 70 C) in a forced air circulation oven, milled with a knife mill and the standard granulometry in 16 mesh. Flours and the wet by-product were evaluated in relation to water content, water activity, pH, color, centesimal composition (protein, fiber, lipids, ashes and carbohydrates), mineral composition (nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, boron, copper, iron, manganese and zinc), total phenolics, antioxidant potential (DPPH, FRAP and ORAC methods), carotenoids, tannins, vitamin C, water absorption capacity and oil, emulsifying capacity and foaming capacity. After the characterization, the flour with higher antioxidant potential and higher total phenolic concentration was used to produce cookies with the following percentages of wheat flour substitution: 5% (C-5FRCC), 10% (C-10FRCC), 15% (C-15FRCC) and 20% (C-20FRCC), in addition to the control (without substitution). Cookies were evaluated in relation towater content, pH, color, water loss, height, diameter, spreading factor, specific volume, hardness, total phenolics and antioxidant potential (DPPH, FRAP and ORAC methods). It was generally found that the drying temperature affected the properties of the flour. The flour obtained after drying at 70 C (FRCC70) showed higher concentration of active compounds and antioxidant potential in relation to the flour obtained after drying in other temperatures. In this way, the FRCC70 used in the production of cookies. The partial replacement of wheat flour by FRCC70 caused small changes in the physical characteristics (height, diameter, spreading factor and specific volume) of the cookies, mainly for the higher substitution percentages of this flour. In general, cookies with FRCC70 substitution showed higher hardness. It was also verified that the increase of FRCC70 concentration in cookies caused an increase in the concentration of phenolic compounds, likewise, in the antioxidant potential measured by the FRAP and ORAC methods. On the other hand, no effect was observed in the antioxidant potential measured by the DPPH method. Thus, it can be concluded that the flour of the camu-camu processing byproducts showed potential for application in cookies because it can add nutritional value, due to the increase of the antioxidant potential and the total phenolic concentration of these products.