Has anyone ever used persimmons in their baking or cooking?

i used to do persimmions in cookies pudding you can search the internet for recipes

delicious ----make me think of my Nanas house in winter. Persimmon cookies that is

I tell you my experience with them. Wanted to try something new so I bought one. Had no clue how to pick them or what to look out for. (Ripeness).

Coming home and eating it. Boy was I in for a surprise.
It tasted like chalk and dried my mouth out really bad. Come to find out, it will happen to you, should the fruit not be ripe!

So, I won't try again! :(

I have been looking for persimmon trees here on the farm. Seems they are disappearing. I have always waited until a big frost before gathering. Make bread, cookies, cakes, etc.

You have to wait till a frost falls on them before eating or they will pucker your face.

I make persimmon putting from my mother's recipe. A lady who lives about 4 miles from me has persimmon trees and sells the pulp. She does all the hard work and I reap the benefit! I've wanted to try other recipes, but so far haven't. Maybe this fall I will.

Yes, I've cooked with them and also eaten them raw. There are 2 kinds of persimmons, the sort of egg shaped ones are the ones that you don't want to eat if they're not ripe, but you can put them in the freezer and then cook with them without any problems. I made fudge out of them one time, very, very, very rich.

We freeze the pulp in the fall and make cookies through the winter, especially Christmas.

Also, rhey can predict what kind of winter you're going to have. ;) Wait until they reach the right pucker (yes, this is the taste test, and it's usually best to have a younger sibling or unsuspecting neighbor kid do the first couple. You can also watch the deer and raccoons. If they eat them without spitting them out, they're probably ready, but it's more fun to have your little brother do it) Slice open the seeds.
spoon = heavy winter with lots of snow (spoon/shovel... get it?)
fork = light winter with only a dusting of snow
knife = cutting cold winter