EDITH MORTON'S PERSIMMON PUDDING 
1 qt. persimmons
1 qt. sweet milk
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. desired spices (cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves)

Wash and stem persimmons. Let stand in milk for 30 minutes or more. Run through a colander. Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs; beat after each addition. Add persimmon mixture alternately with dry ingredients. Bake about 2 hours in a slow oven. Leave in pan to cool.

The batter will be thin. Grease but do NOT flour the pan. The batter will rise high, then fall, so do not fill pan too full. Serve with whipped cream or topping and chopped pecans. Enjoy.

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Edith Morton's Persimmon Pudding
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 Sonja Lewis (Washington) says:
This is very much like the unique persimmon pudding my grandmother Louella White Rockwell made, possibly from an Ohio USDA Extension cookbook of the 1930s. Aunt Elizabeth Rockwell, Ohio orchards farm wife, liked to use the wild native persimmons. She waited for a hard frost to give the fruit succulently sweet ripeness. My California mother used very ripe Hachiyas.

Unique features:
Very ripe pulp is strained (could use food processor?)
My family's recipe used only 1/2 c. sugar, which seemed plenty sweet!
The batter is very thin.
Eggs are optional.
Slow oven (325F?)
Batter rises high, then falls.
Bake till DARK brown.
Enjoy moist yet chewy dessert!
Good warm or chilled; delicious with cream.

 

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