Comments on: Strawberry Fruit Leather

By: Nic

Nic — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:54:57 +0000

what a great site. I found you looking for fruit leather recipes and will have to bookmark you now because you have so many other things I’m interested in making. brilliant x

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:56:32 +0000

My mom and I used to make fruit leather when I was a little kid. I loved it. It was sticky and messy. But without her to clean up after me anymore, I am now learning the free ride that I got from her. I went searching on the internet, and found a company that had the original recipe for fruit leather. We started selling their product on our website and would love to hear your comments if you think it tastes as good as your homemade batch. A little less messy, but hopefully just as tasty and fun!

http://www.nutsonline.com/driedfruit/fruit-leather/

Look forward to hearing your comments.

By: John

John — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:15:35 +0000

Thanks for the tips on strawberry leather. I’m going to try the lemon juice.

In my opinion, peaches are the best all around fruit for leather. I buy seconds, (cheap and ripe), take out the pits, and grind them up skin an all, The skin is a god addition, not a concession because I’m lazy. Peaches “leather up” so well that I use them mixed with others, like cherries and raspberries, that are either expensive, time consuming, or don’t “leather up” so well.

You might try sprinkling a little powdered sugar on finished leather if you want to sweeten. That is, if you’re not opposed to refined sugar. Adding sweetners to the mix can make it more brittle and less leathery.

Thx

By: Bargain shopper

Bargain shopper — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:00:39 +0000

I found the drying racks on the internet, but then had an idea. I went to our local home supercenter and bought premade screens. I used them exclusively to make leather and much cheaper.

By: namrata

namrata — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:09:40 +0000

Apricot leather tasted yum…………..my kids loved it.Have you tried it with mangoes.I use Indian Alphonso mangoes.You don’t need honey just the lemon juice………tastes great.

By: allison

allison — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:38:58 +0000

Plum is easy, and you don’t have to pull the skin off, just blend it really well in a blender and you’re good to go. Extra fiber!

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:39:29 +0000

Fairly Odd Mother – Are you saying that you made just dried whole strawberries, or puree strawberries for leather? Either way, I’m wondering how high your temperature was. I’ve dried whole fruit before, but the temp for the oven needs to be way way low, like 200 or something. I’m sure there’s more on the internet about that.

If you’re talking leather, this recipe does call for lemon juice that helps in keeping the fruit from browning, so maybe that was missing from what you’ve done before, like what Vicki said! Try that and see if it helps.

Becky Sue – I’m not exactly sure, but my Mom has had some around for a few months at a time, at least. How she can not eat it all is beyond me. I’m usually the one who finishes it off. It does need to stay wrapped pretty well in the plastic, or it will get hard and crunchy, even though I still eat it that way, I LOVE it!!

By: Vicki Arnold

Vicki Arnold — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:16:01 +0000

Fairly Odd Mother – The lemon juice in her recipe probably keeps the brown away. I know when you add apples or bananas to a fruit salad (or don’t use a cut avocado right away), you’re supposed to squeeze lemon juice over them to keep them from browning. I assume the same principle applies here. :-)

By: Becky Sue

Becky Sue — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:56:52 +0000

Do you know what the shelf life is? :)

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:32:50 +0000

Has anyone tried making these successfully in the oven?