Comments on: The Kitchen Overflowing With Fruit Whips Out Some Homemade Fruit Leather

By: Miriam

Miriam — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:17:43 +0000

I love to make fruit leather but I don’t have a dehydrator. We live in California’s Central Valley where it is HOT (often above 100 degrees) for a lot of the summer. I put my pans of fruit leather out in the sun and they are done in about 8 hours.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:55:38 +0000

I’m not sure of a way to freeze apples without first adding a little sugar to prep them for pies. Or, I make applesauce (no sugar) and either can it or freeze it: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/how-to-make-and-can-applesauce

By: Jody

Jody — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:23:51 +0000

Is there a way to freeze apples without having to add a bunch of syrup/sugar? I’m not much of a Danbury but I freeze stuff like crazy……

By: Heather T.

Heather T. — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:39:01 +0000

I just bought a 25lb box of peaches and put some in the freezer but have some that I am waiting on room in the freezer to lay flat so I thought this looked good, I work 3rd shift so that would be perfect pop in tonight and it should be close to done in the morning, its just to bad we are under a heat wave in Wisconsin, its over 100 with the heat index, yuck! but wanted to give this a try.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:06:03 +0000

No, I don’t add any sweetner to mine and my kids still gobble it up!

By: Desiree

Desiree — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:08:41 +0000

Thanks for the post, I have a box of apples that need to be used up. Do you add any sweetener to your applesauce?

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:07:08 +0000

I’m sorry but I’ve not tried strawberries in my dehydrator yet. I hope to try this June when they are in season for us here.

By: Meghan V.

Meghan V. — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:21:48 +0000

Our strawberries are in season right now and I would like to try my hand at some strawberry fruit leather. However, you don’t have any instructions for drying it in a dehydrator. A friend let me borrow her Excalibur Dehydrator but (1) I have never used a dehydrator and (2) I don’t have the instruction manual. Do you use the same recipe? How long of a drying time? What setting do you put yours on? Thanks!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:00:01 +0000

Mine stays chewy, unless I leave it in the oven or dehydrator too long, then it’s crunchy right away!

By: KK @ Preppy Pink Crocodile

KK @ Preppy Pink Crocodile — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:11:01 +0000

I’m curious to know if they stayed chewy stored like that or if they became hard over time. Sounds delish!!