How to make fruit leathers

Fruit leathers were a way of preserving fruit hundreds of years ago but they are very much a forgotten food source nowadays. So I had a go at making them. This video shows how to make them.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• fruit
• leathers
• apples
• honey
• hawberry
• hawberries
• cookery
• preserves
• kitchen

[jazzzper]

You say at the end that there's no sugar in it, but this is untrue. It is packed with sugars, but natural ones, so it's better, but still sugar...

[jonathanwallace]

I guess it's a bit of a technical point. There is no added processed sugar. There are natural sugars, from the honey and the fruit.

[zuditaka]

Hmm. If they are sticky, they could be dusted with some desiccated coconut--just for a variation. Hey! Maybe even a few sesame seeds embedded in them would be nutritious fun!

[narpup]

@mistreaver1 no

[mistreaver1]

Aren't they just like fruit roll-ups sold in the U.S.?

[casusbelli15]

Ah I have seen a product like this sold in health food shops, sold as fruit snacks, made with '100% real dried fruit' advertised on the packaging.

much cheaper to make your own, the cooking and long baking process seems to concentrate the flavour. Loads of hawthorns about now, I will consider giving this a go.

[jamesdt02]

with all that energy used to cook it for 12 hours, you could buy 20 boxes and still make out. lol.

[taylorpabst]

Wonderful.  Very clear and easy to follow! My Mum used to buy these for me when I was a child, but they were always so expensive they were a special treat. I'm so excited to attempt to make them myself.

It would be wonderful to have you explain drying fruits, tomatoes in the oven.... If you feel so inclined!

[MyHonestyMightHurt]

We ate fruit leathers as snacks only when I was a kid. In Turkey, you can buy these everywhere, for cheap. Thanks for showing how,.

[benmcpeatfield]

natural or not the end result is still the same! but they do look rather super.