Before we share with you the five fruit leather recipes, allow us to remind you that making fruit leather is one of the easiest ways to enjoy your food dehydration experience. In fact, it is one of the easiest ways to use leftover and overripe fruits with a food dehydrator.
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How To Begin
For all the recipes below, you’ll just puree the fruits and spread it on the drying trays before turning the dehydrator to 135°F and leave them to dry 4 to 8 hours until pliable or leathery. No sugar is needed because the fruits are generally sweet but if you’d like to reduce the tartness a little more feel free to add sugar to taste.
Aside from the fact that you can use fresh, frozen, or canned fruits, you can also create your own fruit combinations. Feel free to tweak and experiment on these recipes. Enjoy!
5 Fruit Leather Recipes:
Strawberry Cream Cheese
- 1-quart strawberries washed and cored
- ½ cup slivered toasted almonds
- 1 (8 oz.) pack of cream cheese
Peanut Butter and Banana
- 1 (8 oz.) carton banana yogurt
- 2 bananas, cut into pieces
- ¼ cup peanuts
- 2 Tablespoon honey
Piña Colada Style
- 1 (20 oz.) can unsweetened pineapple chunks
- 1 cup coconut
Strawberry Daiquiri
- 1-quart strawberries washed and cored
- ½ lime, peeled and quartered
- 2 teaspoon honey
- a drop of rum extract
Orange-Applesauce
- 1-½ cups applesauce
- 1 small apple, peeled, cored and chopped
- 2 teaspoon dried orange, ground
- 1-½ teaspoons vanilla
Final Thoughts
There you have it. Five delicious fruit leather recipes you can try today using your food dehydrator. Let us know of any fruit leather recipes that you come up with.
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