Best Interior Designer Los Angeles: Favorite Holiday Recipes

The calendar says October 31st, but the thermometer here in Southern California continues to read in the 80’s. While it doesn’t feel like fall here, in some parts of the country the crisp and cool indicators of the season are undeniably in the air. And as I’ve learned from my almost 10 years of life in Southern California, the holidays just get closer no matter what the weather forecast says.

So with that reality in mind I would like to share with you another in my series of all time favorite holiday recipes. Singled out for me as one of the most mesmerizing of fall colors, the rich fruit which this cookie recipe relies on is a winner whatever shape it takes. Enjoy!

Persimmon Cookies

1 Cup fresh Persimmon Pulp
1 Cup Chopped Nuts
1 Cup Raisins
1 Cup Sugar
½ Cup Butter
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda (dissolved in pulp)
2 Cups flour
½ Teaspoon each: cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Cream the butter and sugar.
Add nuts and raisins to flour.
Combine butter/sugar w/ nuts/raisins and flour
Beat egg and add to pulp.
Mix well.

Drop from teaspoons onto greased baking sheets.
Bake in 350’ pre-heated oven until cookies spring back when touched.
Cool on cookie rack.
Enjoy.