Grammy Sharons Persimmon Cookies Recipes

PERSIMMON COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Dissolve baking soda in persimmon pulp and set aside.
• Sift flour, spices and salt together, set aside.
• Cream together butter or margarine and sugar until fluffy, beat in egg and persimmon. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in nuts and raisins.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.

PERSIMMON SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Puree the persimmons in a mini food processor or blender until smooth; set aside.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined, then beat in 3/4 cup of the persimmon puree until combined. (The mixture may look curdled.) Reduce the mixer speed to low; gradually add the flour mixture, beating until just incorporated. Fold in the raisins with a rubber spatula. Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are golden brown, about 13 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets.
• Make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar and milk in a small bowl. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the glaze over each cookie, then sprinkle with the pistachios. Let set, 10 minutes.

GRAMMY SHARON'S PERSIMMON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Wash persimmons. Remove stems. Scoop pulp into a small bowl. Discard peels. Puree pulp and set aside.
• 2. In a medium bowl cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs. Add persimmon pulp and mix well.
• 3. In a large bowl combine the flour, soda, spices, and salt. Add the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix thoroughly.
• 4. Add raisins and walnuts. Mix well.
• 5. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper which eliminates the need to grease. It is not necessary to reline for each dozen. The one sheet is all that is needed for the entire batch.
• 6. Drop heaping teaspoons of dough for each cookie, flattening them with the back of the spoon.
• 7. Bake 10 - 15 minutes until tops and bottoms of cookies are a golden brown.
• 8. Thoroughly cool on cookie racks before storing in sealed containers or baggies. This will eliminate condensation from forming and making cookies soggy.

PERSIMMON COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease or line one baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt.
• Cream the butter or margarine with the sugar. Beat in the egg and persimmons. Add the flour mixture and mix until combined, stir in the chopped nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes.

GRANDMAS PERSIMMON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Add 1 teaspoon baking soda to the persimmon pulp and set aside.
• 2. In a bowl cream sugar's and butter together add Vanillia nuts,raisins and flour beaten egg and the pulp mixture. Mix lightly
• 3. Then add salt cinnamon cloves and nutmeg and mix together with the other ingredients well.
• 4. drop cookies by tablesspoons on a greased baking sheet bake at 350 degrees for about 12 mins .Do not over cook you want cookies to be chewy not hard.
• 5. You will need to get the large persimmons Hachiya Persimmon they produce alot of pulp and have a good taste the small persimmons will not have enough pulp and will be bitter.I get my persimmons when in season at a Organic market or a Farmers market.

PERSIMMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream together the shortening and sugar. Add egg and vanilla; mix well.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir flour mixture into creamed sugar mixture.
• Stir in the raisins, chopped nuts, 1/4 teaspoon salt and persimmon pulp; mix well.
• Drop by the teaspoonful on greased or parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

GRANDMA'S PERSIMMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream together the sugar and Crisco.
• Add egg, vanilla and persimmon pulp until well blended.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add slowly to the wet ingredients just until mixed well.
• Fold in the dates and nuts.
• Spoon out on greased cookie sheets and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

GRAMMY SHARON'S CHOCOLATE NO-BAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; add sugar, milk, and cocoa powder. Bring mixture to a boil, about 5 minutes; stir in peanut butter until melted, about 5 minutes. Return mixture to a boil and turn heat to low; simmer, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in vanilla extract.
• Fold oats into mixture until thoroughly mixed. Drop mixture by spoonfuls onto a sheet of waxed paper; cool to room temperature.