LOW-FAT PERSIMMON COOKIES Recipe

  American Cookie

Ingredients:
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup persimmon pulp (do not sieve)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 egg whites
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup currants
1/4 cup chopped almonds (optional)

Directions:
Combine dry ingredients except baking soda. Add baking soda to persimmon pulp and beat in egg whites. Add dry ingredients to persimmon pulp, stir in applesauce currants, and almonds. Make drop cookies. Place on a cookie sheet sprayed with a nonstick product. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
Per serving (2 cookies): 114 calories, less than one gram fat.

LOW-FAT PERSIMMON COOKIES
 

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