Recipes for Fruit Leathers (Fruit Roll ups)

Fruit leathers are really easy to make.  Much cheaper too!  I used my dehydrator, but you can make them in your oven as well.  I just love the dehydrator because it quietly runs and I can even leave the house with it on.  It also doesn’t heat up the kitchen.  This is so easy, it’s almost silly to call it a recipe.

Peach Fruit Leathers

5 peaches
1 T honey or maple syrup (optional)

If using an oven, preheat it to 150.  Cut and pit all the peaches. I left the skins on, but you can also remove them if you want. In a food processor or blender, mix the peaches into a smooth puree.  Take a taste.  If the mixture is on the tart side, add a small amount of sweetener.  If you are using the oven, spread the mixture onto a parchment lined baking sheet.  Make sure it’s as even as it can get.  Bake for about 7 hours or until the mixture is a bit tacky.  I kept checking on mine to see how easily it could pull away from the parchment.  I also line my dehydrator trays with parchment.  Set the dehydrator on 150 and run for about 7 hours.  I got about 10 fruit rolls out of my batch.  I really wish I had made more.  Feel free to double the batch!  Enjoy!

From- mywholefoodlife.com

The house smells amazing when these are cooking, kind of like when I make my crock pot applesauce.  The best part is that you probably already have all the ingredients in your own cabinets!  I used applesauce to make mine, but you can most certainly use real apples and puree them first.  Think about it though.  When your store has a sale on applesauce, you can stock up and make these.  It would save a lot of money and make your kids happy too. I used a dehydrator to make mine, but you can certainly try this in the oven as well.  You just need to keep an eye one them.

Apple Pie Fruit Leathers

4 cups unsweetened applesauce (I used Eden Foods)
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
2 T maple syrup (Optional) I did not use it

If using an oven, preheat to the lowest setting or 135.  Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.  Line your baking sheets with parchment and spread the mixture out evenly.  Bake for about 4-6 hours, depending on how low the temp your oven will go.  If you are using adehydrator, line the trays with parchment as well.  You can use the dehydrator sheets as well, but I think parchment is much cheaper and works great.  I baked mine in the dehydrator at 135 for about 6-7 hours.  Once it feels tacky, it’s pretty much done.  I got about 20 fruit leathers out of my batch.  Enjoy!

From- mywholefoodlife.com