This Vegan Persimmon Bread Recipe is moist and delicious, made with juicy ripe Florida grown persimmons, pecans, raisins and sweetened with coconut sugar. This persimmon bread recipe is vegan, gluten-free, healthy and scrumptious!
Just before Hurricane Irma passed through Florida, a friend of ours gave us a bag of juicy ripe Hachiya persimmons that he picked from his tree. He made sure he picked them before Irma blew them away. I love persimmons but you can only eat so much, so I decided to use up the leftovers and make this delicious Persimmon Bread.
Check out my other Gluten-Free, Vegan Bread:
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- Strawberry Banana Bread
- Blueberry Lemon Bread
- Vegan Skillet Cornbread
- Berry Banana Bread
I made the persimmon bread recipe 3 times and fell in love. I was inspired by Lucille Ball’s Persimmon Cake Recipe, which I found online.
I made my recipe very simple, without much-added spices, so I could get to enjoy the taste of the persimmon. It was really delicious and filling, the perfect recipe for the holidays. You can add about 1 teaspoon of your favorite pumpkin spice to this recipe.
My friends, Hurricane Irma passed through without any significant damages. We are so happy and thankful that we were spared, yet very sad for those who were affected, and hope they have a speedy return to normalcy. I was fortunate to cook for a shelter during Irma, which helped me to stay focused and not worry.
It was such a beautiful experience, in which I have made several new friends.
How To Make Persimmon Bread
Make sure to use the ripe soft pulp of the Hachiya persimmon, and not the Fuyu variety, which is more crunchy. I mashed mine with a fork. You can use walnuts instead of pecan or just leave it out if you prefer.
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Nutrition
(Per portion)- Energy: 246 kcal / 1028 kJ
- Fat: 10 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Carbs: 38 g
Cook Time
- Preparation: 15 min
- Cooking: 1 h
- Ready in: 1 h 15 min
- For: 16 servings
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose gluten-free flour
- 1/2 cup almond flour, or almond meal
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup persimmon pulp
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice, (optional)
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees F. Line 9x3 loaf pan with parchment paper and lightly grease, set aside.
- Mix water with flax seeds in a bowl and set aside for 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine gluten-free all purpose flour, almond flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, salt
- In a small bowl mix coconut oil, vanilla, persimmon puree and flax seed mixture.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until fully combined. Stir in raisins and pecans.
- Scoop batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Remove loaf from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the loaf pan before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Bread keeps for about 5 days in airtight container and freezes well
Notes
Delicious! I just picked the persimmons on my tree and have about 300 of them in my garage. This recipe was the first I baked with the ones that have ripened so far. What a treat!!!
Laura, I wish you were my neighbor, I would love to help you consume them, one of my favorite fruits. I’m so happy you enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing your feedback.
This recipe turned out great! Next time I’ll cut the sugar amt in half–a little on the sweet side and the persimmon adds plenty of sweetness on its own.
Jess, I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I love how you will adjust it to taste.
Would live to make this can I use ww flour? Do I need to change any other ingredients?
Jen, I only tried it with gluten-free flour. If it works for you please let us know.
Can you substitute with coconut flour?
Marlene, I rarely use coconut flour in my recipes. If you try it please let us know if it worked.
I made two loaves today….one for us and one to give away for Thanksgiving to our tenant. It was delicious and sort of like a pudding cake as persimmon cakes tend to be! Thank you Michelle for your recipes and efforts!
Pamela, that is so nice of you. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Woww so delicious!! I replaced the raisins with chopped dates as that is all I had, and I baked them in a muffin tin at 375F for about 20 mins. This will make a great breakfast. Thank you!
Yumm love persimmons
I can’t wait to trying this. I bake with my fuyu when they get soft, and I have some now!
That’s great Vicki, hope you enjoy!