PERSIMMON COOKIES Recipe

1 cup sugar
1 cup butter or shortening
1 egg beaten
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg
1 cup persimmon pulp (with soda)
1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in the persimmon pulp
1 cup each of nuts and raisins, ground

Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg, then raisins, nuts and persimmon pulp. Add dry ingredients. Drop by spoonful on cookie sheet. Bake in moderate 350 oven approximately 10 to 15 minutes.