Persimmon bread
1 loaf
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Eggs | |
| ¾ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Vegetable oil |
| 1 | teaspoon | Soda |
| 1 | cup | Persimmon pulp |
| 1½ | cup | All-purpose flour; sifted |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Pecans or walnuts; chopped |
| ½ | cup | Raisins (optional) |
Directions
Preheat oven to 325F. In large bowl, mix eggs, sugar and oil. In small bowl mix soda with persimmon pulp; add to sugar mixture.
Combine flour, cinnamon and salt; add chopped nuts and raisins. Fold dry ingredients into persimmon mixture. Pour batter into oiled 9x4x3-inch loaf pan. Bake at 325F for 1 hour and 15 minutes. ~Mrs.
Leonard Gauthier (Motsy), Avoyelles Parish (Moreauville) from Foods a la Louisiane by Louisiana Farm Bureau Women typed by Tiffany Hall-Graham
Submitted By TIFFANY HALL-GRAHAM On 03-15-95