Red Truck Bakery's Persimmon Cookies

4.0 (2)

Chock-full of raisins, walnuts and vacation spices, these tender puffed cookies were made by Brian Noyes's grandma and sent to his household each winter.

For champion results, usage locally grown persimmons, which are usually disposable astatine farmers markets successful autumn aft the archetypal frost (or from your neighbor's tree, if you inquire nicely). Persimmons are precise acidic until beyond ripe, truthful store them successful a brownish insubstantial container until they go highly brushed and squishy. The pulp is past casual to remove: Cut disconnected the apical and compression into a bowl, scraping the insides of the effect with a spoon. Discard the seeds. The pulp freezes good and tin beryllium utilized arsenic needed; conscionable bring to country temperature. One ample persimmon yields somewhat little than 1⁄2 cupful of fruit.

The dough and the baked cookies tin beryllium frozen for 3 months. The cookies tin beryllium stored successful a tightly sealed instrumentality astatine country somesthesia for up to 4 days.

From Brian Noyes, proprietor of Red Truck Bakery successful Warrenton, Va.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per cooky (based connected 24)

• Calories

  160

• Fat

  7 g

• Saturated Fat

  3 g

• Carbohydrates

  23 g

• Sodium

  105 mg

• Cholesterol

  20 mg

• Protein

  2 g

• Sugar

  12 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Brian Noyes, proprietor of Red Truck Bakery successful Warrenton, Va.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.