Pick, wash and pit any fruit, except apples. Run fruit through a blender or food processor or "antique" strainer if you don't have power! Store pulp in freezer in bags until fall or winter when you are using your wood stove. Thaw, then stir to mix melted pulp.

Spread on cookie sheets that have been covered with plastic wrap. A heavier wrap peels away better when pulp is dry. Set trays near a wood stove to dry. Takes 12 to 24 hours depending on how thick the pulp and how hot the stove. I use an old-fashioned wood clothes rack to stack several trays near the stove. Works great; but the floor, a stump or anything will work.

To dry apple leather, you must first make a sauce. Cook apples down and press through a saucer, then dry. The finished fruit leather is pure fruit, naturally sweetened as it dries. Don't need to add any sugar or honey or anything.