I’m a huge fan of sun-dried tomatoes in food but I have a hard time paying the price they want for them at the store. I decided I’d venture out and try drying my own. Now in Michigan as a general rule, we don’t have temperatures high enough to sundry them, so I’m cheating and using an oven to dry them.
I went out to the garden and picked some tomatoes. At the time I made them I only had small Roma tomatoes ripe as well as tons of cherry tomatoes so that is what I used. You can use any tomato just remove the seeds and juice.
After I picked them I washed them and let them dry.
Slice each tomato in half. Scoop out the seeds and throw them away.
Place face down on a paper towel and let them drain some of the juice out.
Next, take a baking sheet and spread a layer of olive oil on the bottom. Lay your tomatoes face down on the pan and sprinkle some salt and pepper over the tomatoes.
Turn your oven to 200 degrees. Once it heats up place the pan in the oven.
Here is a picture of them an hour after they had dried.
Here they are after 3 hours. I think mine got a little too done, but they don’t taste that way. I have a habit of getting sidetracked. Timing is subjective because everybody has a different oven. But 2-4 hours. You want them to be dry and chewy. The dried tomatoes can be stored in the refrigerator or under olive oil in sealed glass jars for longer storage.
Now that you have these yummy sun-dried tomatoes you need a few recipes to use them in. Here are 4 that I’m really excited to try.
Have you ever dried tomatoes??
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I am so going to do this!!! I love sun dried tomatoes. Thank so much for posting this at the Weekend Retreat. Have a great day.LoriLori's Culinary Creations
Great idea!!
I have so many tomatoes from my garden that I can hardly keep up. I hate for them to go to waste so I'm going to try this. About how long do they last in the fridge?? Thanks for linking up to Flaunt it Friday!
I've never tried drying tomatoes before, but it looks easy enough! I'm pinning this, thanks for sharing at my link party!
Hi!My question is: do you leave the oven working for 3 hours? Or maybe you just turn it off one it has arrived to 200 degrees?? Thank you!Cecilia
I have not ever, but I will! Thanks to your feature about it 😀 Have a lovely week !
I have never been a huge fan of sundried tomatoes but I should give them a try again.Thank you for linking to Raising Imperfection. Please come back Friday to see if you were featured. :)¤´¨) ¸.•*´ (¸¤ Lanaya | xoxoRaising-Reagan.com
Hi Barb, I'm visiting from Made By You Monday on Skip to my Lou – I love the idea of making your own sun-dried tomatoes! Seems like they would taste better than store-bought since home-grown tomatoes usually do – do you think they do?
Oh, definitely need to try these! Thanks for stopping by DIY Vintage Chic’s Friday’s Five Features and Fun Festivities. Don’t forget to stop back by this Friday!
So many fantastic ideasThank you for linking up with motivational monday
This looks awesome!!! We would love it if you would link up at our linky party:http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/two-girls-and-a-party-link-up-31/Live every Wednesday to Sunday.Hosted by:http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/ Parrish @ Life with the Crust Cut Offhttp://thissillygirlslife.com/ Dana @ This Silly Girl’s LifeWe hope to see you there!
Barb, I am so glad you shared this! I love tomatoes this way, too, but have never made them using olive oil and salt…just plain. so I will have to do it this way as a change. W/o oil, I store them in sealed glass in the pantry. They are delicious and pretty in the jar!Thanks and have a great day!
This looks awesome!!! We would love it if you would link up at our linky party:http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/two-girls-and-a-party-link-up-32/ Live every Wednesday to Sunday.Hosted by:http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/ Parrish @ Life with the Crust Cut Offhttp://thissillygirlslife.com/ Dana @ This Silly Girl’s LifeWe hope to see you there!
I have never used sundried tomatoes, but I love tomatoes. My daughters love them, and use them a lot. I will have to make some to try, and some to give to my daughters. Thanks for sharing how to. Pinning! Linda @ Mixed Kreations
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This is such a great easy to follow post on making them yourself, and homemade you know exactly what is in them
Yep no chemicals or anything bad! Thanks for stopping by and letting me know you liked them. Have a GREAT day!!