1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup mashed persimmons
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chopped dates
1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans

Cream sugar and oil, add eggs and mix well. Add persimmons and all the spices. Sift flour, baking powder and soda together. Add to mixture. Add dates and walnuts or pecans. Mix well. Spray or grease 4 mini loaf pans and fill 3/4 full. Bake 350 for 55 minutes or until sides pull away from pab. Cool in pans on rack for 5 minutes then turn out on rack to cool completly.