Heart Healthy Persimmon Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup self rising flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon clove
• 1 cup persimmon pulp, about 3-4 persimmons
• 3/4 cup splenda sugar blend for baking
• 3/4 cup egg beaters egg substitute
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup 1% low-fat milk
• 1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/3 cup raisins
• whipped topping (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 f degrees. spray a 9x9 pan with cooking spray (i use butter flavored pam) and set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl stir together self rising flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.
• 3 peel persimmons and press pulp through coarse sieve. should measure 1 cups persimmon puree.
• 4 blend together persimmon puree, splenda sugar blend, eggbeaters, vanilla and milk.
• 5 pour blended persimmon puree into flour mixture and stir just till mixed (over mixing will ruin your pudding).
• 6 fold in walnuts and raisins.
• 7 pour into waiting 9x9 pan and bake 35-45 minutes or till tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean and top is nicely browned.
• 8 cool at least 30 - 45 minutes before serving.