Persimmon Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter 

• 3/4 cup honey 

• 1 egg 

• 1 tsp baking soda 

• 1 cup persimmon pulp 

• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour 

• 1 cup white rice flour 

• 1/2 tsp salt 

• 1/2 tsp cinnamon 

• 1/4 tsp nutmeg 

• 1/4 tsp cloves 

• 1 cup dried cranberries 

• 1 cup chopped pecans 

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 325°F. 

2. Stir baking soda into persimmon pulp. Sift rest of dry ingredients together. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, add persimmon pulp with soda. Mix well. 

3. Add sifted dry ingredients, then nuts & cranberries. (Chilling the cookie dough for 2 hours at this point will yield fluffier cookies.) 

4. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Keep cookies small and far apart as they spread out. Bake for 12-15 minutes.