TOP PERSIMMON PUDDING

2 to 2 1/2 cups persimmon pulp

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar

3 eggs

1/2 cup melted butter

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/3 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon 

3 cups sweet milk

Mix sugar, egg yolks and butter into the persimmon pulp. Sift the dry ingredients together and add alternately with the milk to the persimmon mixture. Add egg whites that have been beaten stiff just before putting in the oven. Bake at 350 degree oven for 1 hour.

This recipe won the persimmon pudding contest at the 1955 Persimmon Festival in Mitchell, Indiana.

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