Holiday Persimmon Cookies
Celebrate old-fashioned goodness when you make these tender, buttery and delicately flavored Holiday Persimmon Cookies.
Servings 4 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup persimmon pulp
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup dried cranberries (or raisins)
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375°F.
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Cream butter and sugar until well blended.
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Beat in the egg and then the persimmon pulp.
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In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. Once sifted, blend well into the butter mixture.
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Stir in the nuts and dried cranberries (or raisins).
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Drop a heaping teaspoon on a greased cookie sheet.
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Bake at 375°F for about 15 minutes.
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Yields 4 dozen.