Rose Hip Fruit Leather

Did you know that rose hips contain more vitamin C that citrus fruit? I can't grow oranges here but I have a wonderful climbing rose that gives me loads of huge, tasty little fruits every winter. The kids and I collected a bunch a couple weeks ago and I decided to try another attempt at rose hip fruit leather. I had tried it before but using wild rose hips and it was not very good at all! These rose hips are very sweet and big enough to actually work with. The seeds are a pain but I just threw them all in a pot and cooked them until they were soft, then squished the whole mass through a sieve. I combined it with about an equal amount of applesauce and spread it on a cookie sheet to dry in the oven. It turned out REALLY good!