How to Make Persimmon Bread

Persimmon bread has the same great taste and texture as persimmon cookies except it is made into a bread. Persimmon bread is delicious anytime of the day when you want a snack and persimmon bread is especially enjoyable with a hot cup of coffee or tea.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup Hachiya Persimmon pulp
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 3 tbsp. cooking oil
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Persimmon Bread

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease and flour 5x9-inch loaf pan.

2. Stir baking soda into persimmon pulp and set aside.

3. Combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Set aside.

4. Stir egg, milk, oil, and persimmon pulp together in a large bowl.

5. Add flour mixture to persimmon mixture and stir until well blended. Stir in nuts.

6. Pour batter into greased and floured loaf pan.

7. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean. Remove from oven and turn out on a cooling rack; cool completely.