Persimmon Cookies

We used to have a huge persimmon tree, but it died. We did find a small persimmon tree and for the first time we finally got some persimmons.

Puny persimmon tree

Some Hachiya persimmons from our tree – not ripe yet – must be very soft for this recipe

RECIPE:

1 cup persimmon pulp – put pulp in processor and then strain (can be frozen)

1 tsp soda

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

2 cups flour/sifted

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp cloves

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 cup raisins

1. Stir soda into pulp and set aside

2. Cream butter and sugar.  Hand beat the egg into this mixture.

3. Hand-beat the pulp into the above mixture

4. Sift flour with the spices and baking powder.  Add to the pulp mixture.

5 Stir in the raisins.

6. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the greased cookie sheet.

7. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes

All that was left from a full batch