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A great way to combine fruit and one of those gourmet jams that are always cluttering up your cabinets (well, my cabinets always seem to be overflowing with jam) into a tasty snack! You can use any jam in this recipe, even peach if you want to intensify the peachy flavor, but I chose Kumquat & Tangerine with Vanilla because it really complements the fresh peach flavor.
Preheat your oven at its lowest setting (in my case, this is 160ºF) and line a large rimmed baking sheet or two smaller sheets with parchment paper.
Skin the peaches and give them a rough chop.
Mix all of the ingredients together in a food processor or blender until you have a very smooth puree. Pour your puree onto the parchment-covered baking sheet(s) and smooth out with a spatula so you have an even layer about 1/4 inch thick. Bake your puree in the oven overnight (or about 8-10 hours; if it’s still not finished by then, flip it over onto another piece of parchment, remove the first sheet of parchment, and bake another couple hours until dry but still pliable). You now have delicious, homemade fruit leather!
Slice into bars with a sharp knife, use a cookie cutter to cut out fun shapes, or stand in the kitchen eating directly from the giant sheet of fruit leather like an animal (I may be guilty of this). Either way, be sure to store these with parchment in between so they don’t stick together!
This fruit leather has no preservatives aside from natural sugars so it only keeps for about a week in an airtight container at room temperature, but will keep indefinitely in the fridge.
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deliciouswic on 2.25.2011
I have tons of Jam from last year and will give this a try.
acharlestonkitchen on 2.25.2011
@Cassie the jam is from Lemon Bird http://www.lemonbirddesign.com/ – her jams & pickles are incredible!
Cassie on 2.24.2011
Please tell me where you found kumquat and tangerine with vanilla jam…pretty please
MeganD. on 2.24.2011
I LOVE fruit leather and never thought of making it myself, I can’t wait to try this recipe!
acharlestonkitchen on 2.24.2011
@AlsalsaD I’m sure it would work with frozen peaches! You just may not need to add the 3 tbs water if the frozen peaches are a bit watery once thawed, since it’s really only in the recipe to make the mixture easier to spread.