Old-Fashioned Persimmon Cookies

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⏱ 30 mins 🍽 ['48', '48 cookies'] 🌶 american 🏷 Dessert

This traditional family recipe yields soft, spiced cookies packed with flavour. Using pulp from Hachiya persimmons, the batter is enriched with raisins and chopped walnuts, and seasoned with a blend of ground cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. The cookies are dropped by the teaspoonful and bake in just 12 to 15 minutes, resulting in a batch of 48 delightful treats.

Old-Fashioned Persimmon Cookies

Ingredients

  • 0.5 cup shortening
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.25 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup persimmon pulp

Method

  1. Set your oven to heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Beat the shortening with the white sugar until creamy. Incorporate the egg and vanilla extract, mixing thoroughly.
  3. Sift the all-purpose flour with the baking soda, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, ground cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Blend this dry mixture into the creamed sugar mixture.
  4. Fold in the raisins, chopped walnuts, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and the persimmon pulp, ensuring everything is well combined.
  5. Place teaspoonfuls of the dough onto a prepared cookie sheet that is greased or lined with parchment. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Once baked, move the cookies to wire racks for cooling.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories87 kcal
Fat4 g
Sugars6 g
Protein1 g
Sodium45 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDessert
Cuisineamerican
AuthorRuth