Each quantity below fills one baking pan. Any fruit to be dried should be ripe but still firm. Store dried fruit in an airtight container, frozen, up to six weeks; warm frozen fruit in a 200F oven until soft, 5 - 15 min.

Heat oven to 225F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Arrange fruit, cut sides up, spaced 1/2 - 1" apart, on paper. Sprinkle 1 Tbsp sugar over fruit; depending on fruit's tartness, add more sugar.

Transfer pan to oven; dry until fruit has shriveled, edges have dried, and centers are still juicy; timing will vary according to variety of fruit, ripeness, and size, 1 1/2 - 4 hrs. If juices start to run, baste with juices every hour. Transfer pan to a cooling rack; remove from pan while still warm.