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**Do not rely on above picture. Due to this recipe, your fruit jerky/leather will be flat like a sheet of paper but can be rolled like a fruit roll-up.
Ingredients:
- Fresh Fruit
- Lemon or Lime Juice
- Artificial Sweetner
Directions:
- Buy fruit that is ripe or over-ripe for the best flavor or buy fresh fruit and let it set out for a few days.
- Remove all pits, seeds & stones. Grapes and berries do not need seed removal.
- Slice fruit into chunks and puree in a food processor or blender.
- If using yellow or light-colored fruit, add 1 Tb. of lime or lemon juice for each quart of fruit.
- If using orange or pineapple pulp, add artificial sweetener .
- Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and pour the puree onto the sheet (about 1/4-inch deep). Distribute evenly by tilting the sheet. Do not use a spatula or knife. The cookie sheet should be completely covered.
- Set oven at 140 degrees and place in the oven leaving the oven door cracked open 2 to 6 inches. The fruit jerky will be dried in about 4 hours.
Storage: After loosening the edge and peeling it back about an inch, roll the waxed paper and the dried leather in one piece into a loose roll. The dried fruit roll can be stored for years in the freezer, for months in the refrigerator, and many weeks at room temperature (70 degrees Fahrenheit or less).
