Persimmon Gingerbread

Name: Persimmon Gingerbread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters chopped almonds, toasted; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter, softened; 3 larges eggs; 255 grams cups all-purpose flour (about; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 79 milliliters molasses; 355 milliliters ripe Hachiya persimmon puree (about 3 fruits; see; 2 teaspoons powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters boiling water

Persimmon Gingerbread might be just the dessert you are searching for. This vegetarian recipe serves 12. One serving contains 252 calories, 5g of protein, and 7g of fat. If you have ground cinnamon, butter, ground nutmeg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Place brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes).

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add persimmon puree, molasses, and eggs; beat well (about 1 minute).

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Persimmon

Molasses

Egg

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Sift together flour and next 6 ingredients (through cloves).

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Clove

All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Add flour mixture and 1/3 cup boiling water alternately to persimmon mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in almonds.

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Persimmon

Almonds

All Purpose Flour

Water

Pour batter into a 9-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Pan

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Cut into 12 squares.

To speed the ripening process, freeze the fruit overnight or until solid. Thaw the persimmon; when soft, it will be sweeter and less astringent.

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Persimmon

Fruit

Cut the ripe fruit in half. Scoop the pulp out with a spoon.

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Fruit

To achieve an even consistency, place the flesh in a mini-chopper and process until smooth. This ensures the persimmon puree will incorporate evenly into the batter.

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Persimmon