This week we picked 21 pounds of blueberries and bought a pint of fresh honey, 6 pounds of pears, a basket of fresh figs and a flat of freshly picked peaches. My 14-year-old remembered the peach leather we made last summer and asked if I could make it again. So, I went on a Pinterest search and found 3 recipes to try.
Blueberry Fruit Roll Ups using
this recipe from the Sugar Free Mom. Of course, we used a tablespoon of honey as our sweetener, as we purchased some fresh at the berry farm!
These were a big hit. (I admit, I only rolled 3 of them. My tape did NOT want to stick to the parchment paper, and the additional paper felt a bit wasteful to me. So, I cut the rest into strips and sealed them in a Ziploc bag.
Next, we made a batch of this Peach and Pear Fruit Leather with
this recipe from WikiHow to do Anything.
I put both trays in the oven and set it at the lowest temperature - 170 degrees Fahrenheit - and set a timer for 7 hours. The blueberry finished early and the peach/pear took longer.
I also made the mistake of scooping two small spoonfuls of the peach/pear batch for my youngest and I to sample before it baked. Umm... YUM!!! That resulted with the two of us whipping up a second batch of this flavor and popping it into the refrigerator to bake the next day. It was a very wise decision, as the first tray was devoured in a day.
The third recipe was the only one we cooked beforehand. We made Triple Fruit Leather using
this recipe for Triple Fruit Roll Ups at Food Well Said. We had strawberries in the refrigerator - leftover from some I bought for a fruit salad I took to a dinner gathering on Saturday night. The blueberries and honey, we picked/purchased on Saturday. And the rhubarb came from our backyard. (It was our first time harvesting any!) This was my husband's favorite recipe. I like the tart flavor from the rhubarb.
Unlike fruit roll ups sold in the stores, these have
no processed sugar, no partially hydrogenated oils - or any other ingredients you might read and wonder what they are. They only take a couple of minutes to prepare. Pop them in the oven for roughly 7 hours and they are done. They are THAT easy. Using locally fresh ingredients (with the exception of the strawberries and lemons) also kept our cost down, so they were pretty inexpensive for the amount we made.
Do you have a favorite naturally sweetened fruit leather or fruit roll up recipe? I would love to know what it is!
Thanks for stopping by
Renee
