Spicy and Cozy Persimmon Banana Bread

Any sort of spiced bread screams cozy fall vibes! I was gifted a whole flat of beautiful fuyu persimmons and I was trying to find all sorts of things to put them in.

I already made a salad (coming soon!) but I had never actually baked with fuyus (only hachiya!) so I was a little scared that these might not have the greatest texture after they hit the oven but I was so wrong!

Banana bread is always my favorite thing to have around and whip up because sometimes I don’t get to all the bananas I buy. I buy A LOT because of my smoothie-making habit and sometimes they turn all brown and need a place to go into.

This banana bread is delicious and moist and spiced with the perfect amount of cinnamon and ginger. Fuyus—in case you’ve never had one—taste a lot like cinnamon. It’s not an intense flavor but it’s subtle and delicious. They taste like a refreshing autumnal fruit that complements the flavors in this banana bread.

Adrianna Adarme is a food blogger and author living in Los Angeles, California. She writes the blog A Cozy Kitchen, where she shares comforting, everyday recipes from her kitchen. She recently authored her first cookbook, PANCAKES: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack. She's a lover of breakfast, pie (and sometimes even pie for breakfast), corgis and cute things. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.