Cranberry Persimmon Bread Persimmon Spread Food

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY-PERSIMMON LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and dust the bottom with flour.
• Mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, and nutmeg together in a small bowl. Add walnuts and cranberries; toss or mix using your fingers to ensure cranberries don't stick together.
• Whisk eggs, brown sugar, and oil together in a medium bowl until eggs are well beaten. Stir in persimmon pieces followed by flour mixture. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Slide a knife around the sides and slide loaf out onto the rack to finish cooling, 15 to 30 minutes more, before cutting.

CRANBERRY PERSIMMON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 loaf pans.
• Stir persimmon pulp and baking soda together in a large bowl. Let stand until pulp is thickened, about 5 minutes. Add sugar, eggs, oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Blend until smooth. Mix in flour and fold in cranberries. Divide batter between the prepared pans, filling each 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

PERSIMMON WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In medium bowl, stir persimmon puree, melted butter, sour cream and eggs with whisk until blended. Add persimmon mixture to flour mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in walnuts and dates. Spread batter in pan.
• Bake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

PERSIMMON CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour two 9" loaf pans.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices together and set aside.
• In another large mixing bowl (or in your standing mixer), mix the eggs and the sugar until completely blended. Mix in the oil, 2 cups of the ripe persimmon (reserve 1/2 cup), and the dried cranberries.
• Slowly add in the flour mixture, 1 cup at a time until it is all combined. Pour in equal amounts into the two prepared loaf pans. Make a small well down the center of the loaf and spoon the remaining persimmon into it as decoration.
• Bake on the middle shelf of the oven at 350 degrees for about 1 hour, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean.

CRANBERRY PERSIMMON BREAD & PERSIMMON SPREAD

Steps:

• 1. Cut a 1 inch slice of the Cranberry Persimmon Nut Bread that is room temperature. Place in a baggy and warm in the microwave about 15 sec. *Chef Tip: It is important store fruit bread and to heat in a baggy because it adds and keeps the bread incredibably moist that makes it so good. Freeze slices of it and defrost on the counter in a baggy.*
• 2. Make the Persimmon Spread
• 3. Dollop the spread on top of the slightly warm fruit bread and enjoy this wonderful treat!

CRANBERRY PERSIMMON NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 X 5 inch loaf pan and a 5.75 X 3 inch loaf pan
• 2. In a bowl mix the Cranberries, and the Peeled Chopped Fuyu Persimmon, then add the Pulp and the chopped skin from the Hachiya Persimmon. Set aside **Chef Note Hachiya Pointed Persimmons must be ripened fully to eat or cook with or they will leave you with a cotton mouth taste that is bitter* The skin will turn color all around and up by the leaves of the fruit and should be extremely squishy when ripe for this recipe you will include the skin. That is just the way they are eaten. The Fuyu Round Kind are eaten while they are still a little hard more like an apple or pear and for this recipe you will not use the skin and you will peel them.**
• 3. In a separate bowl Mix flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. *Next time I make this I am going to put 1/2 the white sugar in with the chopped-cranberries and let it sit for an hour or more and sweeten the cranberries.
• 4. In another bowl Mix egg, then add oil, orange juice and grated orange peel
• 5. Mix thoroughly the Flour mixture and the Orange Juice Mixture together into a dough.
• 6. Mince the Nuts and add to the Cranberry Mixture and Fold the nuts in.
• 7. Now pour the Cranberry Persimmon Nut Mixture onto the dough mixture and blend really good by folding the mixtures together.
• 8. Pour mixture into the 9 X 5 inch greased loaf pan and bake in the Preheated oven at 350 degree until the toothpick comes out clear about 50-55 min. Cool and then serve. Enjoy!
• 9. *Chefs note: I took the loaf out of the stick free pan and let it cool then cut slices 8-1 inch slices. I put them in a plastic bag on the counter over night and this is incredibly moist and good. I have never had this bread this moist. So Good.* This bread is absolutely delicious if you like persimmons you will love this recipe. I am waiting for my next piece.

PERSIMMON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, blend sugar and oil. Mix in the applesauce and persimmon puree. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, ground cloves, and cinnamon and mix until thoroughly combined.
• Add to a bread loaf pan. Bake for one hour. Check doneness by inserting a fork into the center of the loaf - if it comes out clean, it's finished.
• Let it cool completely and enjoy.

PERSIMMON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), and place parchment in or butter a 4x8 inch loaf pan.
• Cut the top off of the persimmons and scoop out the flesh and place it in a large bowl, leaving the outer layer of skin behind.
• Use two forks to mash the persimmon flesh into a puree (or blend it in a blender or food processor).
• Stir the melted butter into the mashed persimmons.
• Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.
• Spread the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the oven for 50 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove the bread from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
• Remove the bread from the pan and let cool completely before serving.
• Slice and serve.

GINGER PERSIMMON BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350°F. Grease an approximately 12-inch loaf pan with a light coating of olive oil. (It's easiest to do this with a spray, pastry brush -- or dab the oil on a paper towel to spread it around.) Set aside.
• Slice the leaf ends off of the persimmons (just a ½-inch or so), then use a vegetable peeler or paring knife to peel them. Use either a hand held grater or a food processor with the grater attachment, to grate them. (You will need 1½ cups.)
• Now add 1½ cups of the grated persimmon to a bowl and add the baking soda. Mix to blend and set aside. (The baking soda with thicken the liquid derived from grating the fruit.)
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar with the olive oil and mix to blend. Then add the eggs and egg yolk and mix again. Once it's smooth, stir in the fresh ginger, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, ground ginger, and salt.
• Fold in the flour and mix just until it's fully incorporated. Then fold in the grated persimmon and crystallized ginger.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the 350°F preheated oven until it's golden brown, set, and beginning to crack on top, about 50 minutes.
• Let it cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes before serving.

CRANBERRY-PERSIMMON SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the cranberries, sugar, persimmons, juice, and zest. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved. Simmer about 10 minutes, until most of the berries have "popped". Stir in the ground cloves, and the triple sec and walnuts if desired. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Refrigerate until ready to serve, at least 2 hours.;

PERSIMMON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8 ½ x 4 ½ inch (or 9 x 5-inch) loaf pan; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.
• Make a well in the center and add the melted butter, eggs, apple cider, persimmon puree, and vanilla extract. Stir just until combined - do not overmix. Fold in the nuts and raisins, if using.
• Transfer batter to the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Tent loosely with foil towards the end of the baking time if the bread starts to get too dark on top before it's done.

PERSIMMON BREAD

Steps:

• Prehead over to 350*.
• Grease a loaf pan, muffin pan or bundt pan and set aside. (to prevent possible sticking to the dish, use parchment paper or even tin foil).
• Combine pulp and baking soda. Let stand for 5 minutes to thicken pulp.
• In another bowl, combine, sugar, oil, applesauce, eggs, salt and all seasonings.
• In another bowl, combine the chopped persimmon with 1 tbsp of flour to prevent persimmon from sinking to the bottom in the batter and set aside.
• In another bowl, combine 1 tbsp of flour with the pecans and or raisins and set aside.
• Mix in pulp mixture and 3 cups flour alternately.
• Fold in nuts, raisins and persimmon into batter.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Then cover top of bread with tin foil to prevent burning and bake 30 minutes longer or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool onto a rack and serve.
• Can also freeze.