Persimmon Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Persimmon Pulp
• 2 tsp Baking Soda
• 3 cups White Sugar
• 1 cup Vegetable Oil
• 4 Eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tsp Salt
• 2/3 cup Water
• 3 cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 cup Chopped Walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 3 6x3" loaf pans.
2. In a small bowl, stir together the persimmon pulp and baking soda. Let stand 4 minutes to thicken the pulp.
3. In a medium bowl, combine sugar, oil, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Blend until smooth. Mix in persimmon pulp and water alternately with flour. Fold in nuts. Divide batter into the prepared pans, filling each pan 2/3 full.
4. Bake for 1 hour in preheated oven, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.