Name: Raw Fruit Leather
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 72 h
Total time: 72 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: Apricots 7lbs/3.5kg; Sugar ½ cup; Water

Ingredients

7lbs/3.5kg Apricots
rinsed and seeds removed
½ cup Sugar
optional
Water

Raw Fruit Leather

Have you heard of Fruit Leather? In simple terms, fruit leather is simply a dried fruit roll up. Taking about 3 days to make, but guaranteed better than store bought mass produced roll ups.

Made from fresh and ripe apricots combined with sugar water, blended and combined then left to dry out over a 2-3 day period. I believe homemade is always the best way and I love trying new recipes!

To make Raw Fruit Leather, you will need the following ingredients:

Steps to make Raw Fruit Leather

1	Combine mixture	3
Use a food processor to blend 7 pounds of apricots until a smooth puree forms. Use about 6 cups of apricots for ¼ cup of water and gradually add just enough water add needed. You don’t want it to be too watery and repeat until all fruit is used and blended. Add sugar as needed, too.
2	Prepare baking sheet	1
Prepare a baking sheet by lining with baking parchment paper.
3	Prepare fruit sheet	1
Pour a thin layer of the puréed fruit, about ⅛ -¼ - inch thick.
4	Dry in the sun	3d
Leave in the sunshine to dry out. Bring inside overnight and repeat for 2-3 days.
5	Second day dry
On the second day, flip to dry the other side equally and evenly.
6	Third day dry
Leave to dry on a clothesline.
7	Serve
Enjoy as is or store in a dry place with a piece of parchment paper between the roll up.

Do you love fruit roll-ups? Then you’ll love this homemade Fruit Leather and the best part is, although it takes a few days to dry out, the preparation is so simple. Do you agree? Let us know and contact us online using our hashtag #cookmerecipes!

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.