Persumpkana Cookies

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 30
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 102.6
  • Total Fat: 4.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 4.1 mg
  • Sodium: 40.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 16.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
  • Protein: 1.4 g

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Introduction

These were a complete "sleeper" hit at school with the staff - moist and tender, but rich in flavour from the combined persimmon, banana and pumpkin butter I made as the base, they pair well with strong coffee or your favourite herbal tea. Adapted from http://small-eats.com/2013/12/11/pumpkin-p
ersimmon-cookies/
These were a complete "sleeper" hit at school with the staff - moist and tender, but rich in flavour from the combined persimmon, banana and pumpkin butter I made as the base, they pair well with strong coffee or your favourite herbal tea. Adapted from http://small-eats.com/2013/12/11/pumpkin-p
ersimmon-cookies/

Number of Servings: 30

Ingredients

    Persimmon-Pumpkin-Banana Butter:
    1 medium pie pumpkin or buttercup squash, halved
    1 ripe Vanilla (or Hachiya) persimmon, diced
    ½ tsp liquid stevia extract or 3 tbsp sugar
    2 medium, over-ripe bananas
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    Cookies:
    1 cup flour
    1 cup spelt or whole wheat flour
    1 tbsp tapioca starch
    1 tsp baking soda
    ½ tsp salt
    1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or ½ tsp allspice + ½ tsp cinnamon)
    ⅔ cup sugar
    ¼ cup coconut oil
    ¼ cup butter
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 cup Persimmon-Pumpkin-Banana Butter (see above)
    ⅔ cup dried cranberries
    ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut


Directions

Persimmon-Pumpkin-Banana Butter:
Heat the oven to 400 F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment.
Place pumpkin halves cut-side down on the sheet and roast for 35 minutes, until soft (buttercup squash will take about 45 minutes - 1 hour).
Remove from the oven and cool until easy to handle. Reduce oven to 350F.
Scoop the flesh from the squash and place in a baking dish with the persimmon and stevia.
Bake for 1 ½ hours, stirring halfway through.
Puree mixture with bananas in a food processor and transfer back to the baking dish.
Bake for 2 hours further, stirring every 45 minutes, until thick and spreadable.
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Cookies:
Preheat oven to 325 F and line 2-3 cookie sheets with parchment.
Combine flours, tapioca starch, baking soda, salt, and spice in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, cream sugar, coconut oil and butter.
Add vanilla and persimmon-pumpkin-banana butter.
Fold in cranberries and coconut.
Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the sheet and flatten with damp fingers.
Bake, one sheet at a time, for 15 minutes, until golden brown.

Serving Size: Makes 1 cup Persimmon-Pumpkin-Banana Butter, 30 cookies

Number of Servings: 30

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.