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    Home » Recipes » Sweet Treats » Wild Plum Fruit Leather Using No Refined Sugar

    Wild Plum Fruit Leather Using No Refined Sugar

    Published: Aug 26, 2015 · Modified: Jan 20, 2017 by Bren

    Fruit leather is a delicious kid-pleasing treat that is easy to make from your favorite fruits. Learn how to make fruit leather using no refined sugar and avoid store-bought fruit leathers containing artificial ingredients.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    Traditional Fruit Leather

    Fruit leather was invented as a traditional food storage method. Ancient people preserved ripe fruit by mashing or pureeing fruit and drying it in the sun. This easy recipe produced a healthy and tasty food that could be easily stored and transported even without refrigeration.

    Today’s mass-manufactured fruit leathers have little in common with this ancient treat. First, they contain lots of ingredients: fruit from concentrate, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils, malto-dextrin, artificial colors, and added flavors. The ingredients vary by the brand, but most are basically candy disguised as healthy eating.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    Plum Fruit Leather

    Natural fruit leather is simply pureed dried fruit. It is naturally low in fat, high in fiber, and contains the vitamins and minerals from the fruit solids. My homemade fruit leather uses plums and apples to make delicious fruit treat that contains no refined sugar.

    I use wild plums to make this recipe. You can substitute domestically raised plums, peaches, pears, or even apples if you do not have access to wild plums. Never heard of wild plums? They may be available in your area! Learn more about these tasty fruits in my post about picking wild plums. You can make easy plum jelly from the same ingredients as the fruit leather.

    Wild plums are a forgotten American delicacy that can be used to make delicious wild plum jelly and wild plum fruit leather. It’s a two-for-one recipe! Learn about wild plums, how to make plum jelly, and how to make fruit leather with no sugar on BrenDid.com.

     

    Natural Fruit Leather Ingredients

    • 1 cup wild plum pulp (learn to make plum pulp ) or 1 ¼ cup domestic plums washed, pitted and diced (leave on the skin)
    • 1 ¼ cup diced apple, washed, cored, and diced (leave on the skin)
    • ½ cup water or unsweetened apple juice (I use water, you can use apple juice if you like sweeter fruit leather)

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

     

    How to Make Fruit Leather with No Refined Sugar

    1.Combine plums or plum pulp, apples, and water or juice in a saucepan. Heat and stir over medium heat until apples are easy to mash with the back of a spoon. Approximately 15 minutes.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    2. Puree mixture until smooth with a food processor or stick blender.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    3. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    4. Spread pureed fruit on the parchment paper until it is about ¼ inch thick.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    5. Place the fruit leather in a 180 degree oven for 8-10 hours. The fruit leather is done when it is no longer sticky to the touch and easily peels away from the parchment paper. (If you have a convection setting on your oven or a dehydrator, you can use it to speed up the drying process.) I generally put mine in the oven at night and take it out in the morning.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    6. Cool the fruit leather to room temperature. Peel from paper and slice into 2×4 inch pieces.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

    7. Store your fruit leather at room temperature or in the refrigerator in an air tight container.

    My easy homemade fruit leather recipe uses wild plums and apples to make a delicious fruit leather with no refined sugar. It can be made with many fruits!

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Lois Luckovich

      January 06, 2023 at 12:28 am

      Thanks for this recipe. I have an overbearing mutant plum tree and I’m always looking for ways to use up an overabundance of plums

      Reply
    2. Jen

      August 25, 2020 at 3:44 am

      Darn! I left mine in the oven for 8 hours (overnight), and it was burnt when I got up. Not inedible, but more black than pink/purple, and very thin & crispy and hard to chew. I have some pulp left in the fridge, will cook the next batch a shorter time. Wonder if I spread mine a little too thin or if my oven runs a little warm (or both)? Will check it at 4, 5, and 6 hours next round, to try to get it before this happens. I’m still really excited about trying it (and that I have enough plums to try again) – thank you for this recipe…just wanted to add a note that it might be wise to check it a little sooner, especially the first time making it!

      Reply
    3. patti

      September 12, 2019 at 9:17 pm

      Hi Brin, Thanks so much for this post. Am going to pick up some wild plums tomorrow and can’t wait to make the fruit leather. About how long will it keep in the fridge? Can it be frozen Thanks so much!!!

      Reply
      • Bren

        September 30, 2019 at 2:05 pm

        It keeps for several months in the fridge or freezer!

        Reply
    4. Yael

      August 05, 2019 at 12:26 pm

      I just made the purée and am wondering if the temp is 180 Celsius or Fahrenheit. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Bren

        September 30, 2019 at 4:12 pm

        Fahrenheit

        Reply
    5. Mamafox

      June 24, 2019 at 8:59 am

      So glad to have found your blog! I had never even eaten a wild plum until yesterday, and suddenly I find our family are the owners of over 10 wild plum trees! Can’t wait to make this and your jam, too! Have you ever imprinted designs on the fruit leather? I think this might be fun for my kids, but I wonder at which point to pull the leather from the oven…

      Reply
      • Bren

        September 30, 2019 at 2:49 pm

        Oh, cool! I’ve never tried designs but I have seen some cool designs made by swirling different types of fruit blends before dehydrating. Good luck and jealous of those plum trees… I have 3 apple and 2 cherry but no wild plum!

        Reply
    6. Ralph Simnacher

      October 09, 2018 at 7:21 pm

      Just made a batch of wild plum leather. Do you have any Nutrition Facts on this recipe. They were included with Wild Plum Jam and Jelly. I’m concerned because my son is a diabetic with kidney problems. We’re waiting on a kidney.

      Reply
      • Bren

        October 11, 2018 at 11:38 am

        If made with fruit juice and cut into 20 pieces: 71 calories, 0.4 g fat, 164.5mg sodium, 16.8g carbohydrate, 3.2 g sugar, 0.4 g protein (check the nutrition on the juice, it can vary)

        If made with water and cut into 20 pieces: 14 calories, 0.1 g fat, 0.3mg sodium, 3.6g carbohydrate, 3.1 g sugar, 0.1 g protein

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    7. Cindi

      June 20, 2016 at 4:58 pm

      Oh, how happy I am to find this recipe! I have a wild plum tree in an empty lot behind my house and this year it has more plums than ever. I have already made 2 pints of jam and 3 pints of plum butter. I am now going to make some jelly and fruit leather thanks to your post. I hate using refined sugar if I don’t have to! Thank you again!

      Reply
      • Bren

        June 20, 2016 at 7:15 pm

        I hope you like the results, Cindi!

        Reply
    8. Amy J

      August 29, 2015 at 8:04 am

      What great timing! I just picked a bunch of plums off a cultivated tree we have and I think that when it stops raining I am going to go get wild plums out of a plum forest we have next to the old chicken coop. This is the first year that we have noticed a good crop of plums and I am excited to try your recipes. I like the idea of mixing the plum with a little apple for the leather.

      And Bren how do you keep your oven so clean. I could never photograph the inside of mine for a blog post. Maybe I should Polk around the site for all natural oven cleaners?!

      Reply
      • Bren

        August 29, 2015 at 11:27 am

        Yum, Amy! It sounds like you have a great crop of plums and are in for some tasty jelly and fruit leather. Mixing the wild plums with a little apple makes the wild plum fruit leather a little sweeter without adding any sugar. I hope you like it! Thanks for the oven compliment too! 🙂 I don’t do too much to clean the oven, I run the self clean cycle every few months and try to prevent spills and splatters by covering dishes or placing the dish on top of a cookie sheet. It also probably helps that I make homemade naan in a very hot oven frequently.

        Reply

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