Overnight Roasted Fruit

This recipe was fun.  I felt like I was conducting a science experiment, but what I was really trying to do was find another way to eat some of the fruit that is accumulating on my kitchen counter!

Wrinkled, juicy fruit

Fabulous in the morning

Right when you wake up.

If you have an abundance of:  apples, pears, underripe bananas, papayas, pineapples, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries or grapes, you can throw them all together and roast them.  They're great with oatmeal, cereal, cheese and crackers, and just as a quick snack!

1. In the evening, preheat the oven to 375.  Line a ceramic baking dish with foil and spray it generously with nonstick spray.
2. Cut the fruit into large chunks.  Peel bananas, papayas, and pineapple.  Leave other fruit unpeeled.  Arrange the pieces peel side down or on their sides in the prepared dish, and place the dish in the oven.
3. After 30 minutes, open the oven, pull out the dish, and use a small metal spatula to loosen any pieces that might have stuck.  After the pieces are loosened, just leave them in place.  Return the baking dish to the oven, turn the oven off, and leave the baking dish in there overnight.
4. In the morning, you will have a wonderful result:  beautiful, small pieces of fruit that are tender, chewy, and sweet - about halfway dried, but still moist.

I wasn't extremely fond of the bananas.  The pears and apples were fabulous though!  What I loved though was waking up in the morning and running to the oven to see how they turned out.  A gourmet breakfast without having to take the time in the morning to prepare it!

Recipe taken from Molly Katzen's Sunlight Cafe.  I swear I use other sources.  Hers just turn out to be so good!

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