Persimmons seem early this year.....
Oct. 19th, 2014 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaPersimmons seem to me to be the zucchini of the fruit world. The trees tend to be rather prolific, and it seems like everything on the damned tree is at it's peak simultaneously. Moreover, most folks either love 'em or despise them. Few seem to have neutral feelings about them.
Joann was in to the office on Thursday and on Friday I found out she'd dropped off two very ripe bags of hachiya persimmons. Ripe enough it was either use them this weekend or toss them out.
Time for persimmon bread.
This is my first try at persimmon bread since the discovery of my celiac disease. I used the banana bread recipe I tried last month. Cross your fingers; they're in the oven as I write. (Yes, it's midnight. My Saturday was the call day from hell. I only got home @ 10 - only a 12 hour workday.)
I've just used about 3/4 of the über ripe ones. It used a full bag of Bob's Red Mill GF Baking mix plus over a dozen eggs. There are 5 loaves of quick bread in the oven.
update I was worried they might not be sweet enough, as I really cut back on the sugar. I subbed 1.33 cups of agave nectar for 4 cups of sugar. My office staff pretty well polished off a loaf of the persimmon bread today.
Joann was in to the office on Thursday and on Friday I found out she'd dropped off two very ripe bags of hachiya persimmons. Ripe enough it was either use them this weekend or toss them out.
Time for persimmon bread.
This is my first try at persimmon bread since the discovery of my celiac disease. I used the banana bread recipe I tried last month. Cross your fingers; they're in the oven as I write. (Yes, it's midnight. My Saturday was the call day from hell. I only got home @ 10 - only a 12 hour workday.)
I've just used about 3/4 of the über ripe ones. It used a full bag of Bob's Red Mill GF Baking mix plus over a dozen eggs. There are 5 loaves of quick bread in the oven.
update I was worried they might not be sweet enough, as I really cut back on the sugar. I subbed 1.33 cups of agave nectar for 4 cups of sugar. My office staff pretty well polished off a loaf of the persimmon bread today.
