Homemade Fruit Leather Recipe
Homemade fruit leather is tasty and a lot cheaper than the store-bought variety. Here's how to make your own fruit leather, even without a dehydrator.
Servings: 8 fruit leather strips
Calories: 66kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups chopped berries strawberries, raspberries, and/or blueberries
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°F.
- Add the berries into a high-speed blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
- Remove the seeds and skins from the liquid using a strainer. Press and stir the mixture into the strainer with a spatula to get as much liquid as possible.
- Stir the honey and vanilla extract, if using, into the berry mixture until well combined.
- Spread the mixture evenly with a spatula over a parchment-lined 9x13 baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 hours, or until the fruit leather peels away easily from the parchment paper and the center is not gooey.
- Allow to cool, then remove from parchment paper, slice into strips, roll, and store at room temperature! For best results, roll each slice with a piece of parchment paper.
Notes
- It is really important to use a 9x13 baking sheet for this recipe. Otherwise, the fruit leather will be too thin! If you only have a standard-size cookie sheet, double the recipe.
- We used a combination of strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, but you can use any combination of the fruits as long as it equals 4 cups.
- Vanilla extract is optional but adds a nice flavor to this recipe!
- Removing the seeds and skins is optional, but it makes the fruit leather much smoother. We recommend it if you or your kids are texture sensitive.
Nutrition
Serving: 1fruit leather strip | Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g
