This cookie’s soft texture, warm spices, sweet orange glaze and dried fruit make it taste like the holidays. Be sure to buy your persimmons well ahead of time for optimal ripeness. Instructions: ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line one or two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Combine persimmon pulp with baking soda in a bowl and mix to coat. Set aside. 2. In a mixing bowl, cream together ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Combine flour, cinnamon and baking soda. In a separate bowl, beat sugars with margarine, egg and persimmon pulp. Stir in dry ingredients and vanilla. 3. Drop from ...

You can thumb a ride, or thumb your nose, but the sweetest use for the only opposable digit may be putting its stamp on thumbprint cookies. The handful of thumbprint cookie recipes I have found are ...

The change of seasons leaves me spellbound. Stepping outside, I love drinking in the aroma of autumn as I gaze over the grove of young chestnuts and colorful trees beyond. The sky is a brilliant blue, ...

This past fall, my granddaughter, Christy, and my husband, Gene, went to pick up persimmons. I wanted some but got around 15 gallons. Most of you know what a mess this can be. Christy took hers home ...

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Stir in raisins and nuts; set aside. 2. Using an electric mixer, cream ...

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Set aside. In a large ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Cream together shortening and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. 3. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt and spices. Stir ...

Recipe adapted from the 1960s Home Extension Cookbook-Bertha Jackson. 1. Cream sugar and butter. 2. Add eggs and then persimmon pulp. 3. Combine dry ingredients and add to rest of the ingredients. 4.