Fruit Leather

Yum, yum! Home made fruit roll up's!

You will need:
1 pound peaches (from our tree outside)
1/4 pound strawberries
1/4 raspberries
4 tablespoons sugar
1/2 tablespoon li hing powder (found in abundance in Hawai'i, to find out more read on) this is a wonderful salty, sweet, and tart powder that can be used on all sorts of treats, and adds a great flavor to this fruit leather.

 First, Matt peeled , and pitted the peaches.

 He then chopped up about 1/2 cup of rhubarb (fresh from our garden!).

 Then he added the rest of the fruit, in this case strawberries, and raspberries, along with sugar and li hing powder for that extra kick! At this time put the mixture on the stove top on low (around 2), and let it cook down until it looks like the photo below...

 Now it's time to blend it up until smooth.

Let the mixture cool a bit, then spread it out on baking sheets. Now it's time to dry this stuff out. Pop your sheets into the oven, that has been preheated  to 175 degrees. This is the longest part of the process, taking up to 5 hours. The end result is so delicious, and perfect for hiking, and snacking!

 Delicious.