Persimmon cookies

Persimmons are one of those fruits that I would tolerate if present, but not exactly crave it. I mean, don't get me wrong, I will eat them. I usually get them from my parents that get the Costco boxes of them, but I'm never one to just grab a few of them on my own. My friend gave me some and I've been wanting to try out persimmon cookies. I heard they make a pumpkin like type of cookie. I researched several recipes, couldn't really find one I fancy too much so I made these. They didn't come out as flat as I wanted them to be, but they came out very cake like. It might be because my persimmons weren't super ripe yet. I'm going to try this same recipe when my persimmons fully ripen. Try it out and let me know what you think.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup persimmon puree (I just pulsed the persimmons in the food processor. It took 2 persimmons to achieve the measurement)
2 cups of flour
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup zante currants*

*I like currants a lot, but if you only have raisins, it's ok too.

Preheat the over 350F

Cream the sugar and butter together in the mixer, add the egg and once combined, add the persimmon puree and vanilla. put in all the dry ingredients except for the nuts and raisins (and currants if you want). Just mix until the flour is combined with the wet ingredients, but stopping midway to scrape the bottom. Once the dough is mixed, put the rest of the ingredients and mix again till all the nuts and fruit are incorporated.

On a lightly greased cookie sheet, spoon the dough in rounds and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on a cooling rack.