I enjoy trying new things. Sciency kitchen experimiments are especially appealing. Here is one that blew me away with it’s results.
Allow me to present to you. . . . fruit leather! Homemade fruit roll ups!
I got the idea from this recipe. My first try I followed it almost exactly except for reducing the sugar. There was a complicated issue of the heat needing to be set at at 150 degrees and most ovens, including mine, only go as low as 170. I had a wooden spoon in the door which I eventually took out after about 6 hours because it wasn’t really helping . . . I let it go for a few hours more and although it was delicious, wasn’t really what I would call a success.
The next day, I changed my approach. I used one peach, one apple and a handful of cherries all diced up and combined that with a couple teaspoons of lemon juice and a little less than a quarter cup of sugar. I stewed it all on the stove for about a half hour to help cook off some of the moisture before I put it in the oven. I set my oven at 170 and used the convection setting. Aha! I never bothered to read my stove’s manual so I don’t know too much about convection but it makes sense- having a little fan blow around the heat- isn’t that the premise behind a food dehydrator? It only took 3.5 hours! The leather was moist and soft and perfect! Egad! Success!
Next time, I think I will skip the sugar alltogether.
Voila the masterpiece-
All cut up-
Try it!
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