Fruit leather, or fruit roll-ups is usually sold as a candy, with lots of sugar in it. I used to love the commercial strawberry roll-ups, but found that they were really unhealthy, so I decided to make my own version of fruit leather. Its so easy to make that I wonder why I havent done this before. All you need is loads of your favorite fruit, a blender, baking sheets and an oven or dehydrator.
This sour cherry leather is tart, sweet and addictive! I used frozen sour cherries[they were really cheap],agave syrup as a sweetener, a dash of vanilla and some drops of lemon juice. If for any reason you cant use a big amount of one fruit to make fruit leather, you can always use some apples as a base, which is what they also do in commercial fruit roll-ups, that are later flavored with various fruit flavors.
But since I found these sour-cherries so cheap, I decided to make pure sour cherry leather!
You need:
-2cups frozen and thawed [or fresh] sour
-1/2 tbsp lemon juice
-1/4tsp real vanilla extract
-5tbsp agave syrup
Puree sour cherries with agave nectar in blender. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Prepare a baking dish [I used the big flat one that comes with the oven] with baking sheets, spray with canola oil or other bland tasting oil. Pour mixture and with a spatula spread on the surface to make a thin layer[1/4 to 1/8 inch]. Set oven at 50 C or 120 F and let dehydrate, until the surface of leather is not sticky.[approx.4 hours]. Remove fro oven, roll it up with the baking sheets and cut in portions. Enjoy plain, like the candy, chop it up and use in salads or cut strips and make fruit sushis for parties! Whatever, just use your imagination!
You can also do this with a dehydrator, if you have one available!
Fruit leather, or fruit roll-ups is usually sold as a candy, with lots of sugar in it. I used to love the commercial strawberry roll-ups, but found that they were really unhealthy, so I decided to make my own version of fruit leather. Its so easy to make that I wonder why I havent done this before. All you need is loads of your favorite fruit, a blender, baking sheets and an oven or dehydrator.
This sour cherry leather is tart, sweet and addictive! I used frozen sour cherries[they were really cheap],agave syrup as a sweetener, a dash of vanilla and some drops of lemon juice. If for any reason you cant use a big amount of one fruit to make fruit leather, you can always use some apples as a base, which is what they also do in commercial fruit roll-ups, that are later flavored with various fruit flavors.
But since I found these sour-cherries so cheap, I decided to make pure sour cherry leather!
You need:
-2cups frozen and thawed [or fresh] sour
-1/2 tbsp lemon juice
-1/4tsp real vanilla extract
-5tbsp agave syrup
Puree sour cherries with agave nectar in blender. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Prepare a baking dish [I used the big flat one that comes with the oven] with baking sheets, spray with canola oil or other bland tasting oil. Pour mixture and with a spatula spread on the surface to make a thin layer[1/4 to 1/8 inch]. Set oven at 50 C or 120 F and let dehydrate, until the surface of leather is not sticky.[approx.4 hours]. Remove fro oven, roll it up with the baking sheets and cut in portions. Enjoy plain, like the candy, chop it up and use in salads or cut strips and make fruit sushis for parties! Whatever, just use your imagination!
You can also do this with a dehydrator, if you have one available!
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