Persimmon or Diet Persimmon Cookies

Le kaki ou suit un régime le kaki – our recipe title in French. These were some of our favorites growing up – both the fruit and the cookie. The fruit was especially sweet, if allowed to almost over-ripen, otherwise the fruit will be tart and bitter. I can still see the persimmons on the my Mom’s window sill. The color of the fruit varies from light yellow-orange to dark orange-red. The size can be as little as a few ounces to more than a pound. Ours were about the size of an orange. The entire fruit is edible except for the seed and calyx.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar or equivalent sugar substitute
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup pecans or nuts, chopped
• 1 cup Persimmon pulp (3 large ones)
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Directions