Homemade fruit leather

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Have you ever eaten Fruit Roll-Ups? These chewy, fruity treats are produced by General Mills and have been in supermarkets since 1983. That's a long time. But rolled fruit snacks have actually been around far longer.

More than 100 years ago in New York City, a Syrian immigrant imported apricot paste and turned it into a fruit leather called amardeen. It came in large sheets, so when a customer wanted to buy some, they simply cut off a long piece and handed it to them.

Our 10-year-old recipe tester, Selah, said, "It smelled so good while cooking. It's amazing how it changed colors."