Homemade Fruit Leather Recipe

Yield: 2 pans of fruit leather-about 20 fruit roll-ups

Homemade fruit leather is so easy to make and is a great healthy snack! Feel free to use your favorite fruit. Strawberries, raspberries, peaches, plums are all great options. 

3 cups ripe chopped fruit 
Tablespoon or 2 of lemon juice to keep it from browning
Sweeten to taste with agave, honey or sugar (most times I opt out)

Directions:
Preheat oven to the lowest temperature your oven will go. Line a 11 x 17 baking sheet with parchment paper, plastic wrap or a Silpat baking mat. Set aside.

Puree the fruit, lemon juice and sweetener in a blender or food processor until smooth. Pour fruit mixture onto prepared baking sheet and spread to about a 1/8″- 1/16” thick, depending on your preference. I usually spread it pretty thin. An off-set spatula is the perfect tool to spread it out evenly. The thinner it is, the faster it will cook. I always pound the baking sheet on the counter a few times to make sure the fruit mixture is evenly distributed. 

Place baking sheet in the oven and bake for 3-8 hours (depending on thickness), until pan is set and the center is not tacky. You can cook two pans at a time as long as you rotate every hour. I also stick a knife in the door of the oven, so that it is a little ajar, since my oven doesn’t cook as low as others. 

Remove from oven and let cool to room temperature. Gently peel off the fruit leather from the Silpat, or remove with the plastic wrap or parchment paper. Cut into squares or strips with scissors or pizza cutter. I cut them into 2 inch strips the short way. Then I simply roll them up. Store in an air-tight container.