Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Homemade Fruit Roll-Ups

Wow!  These turned out awesome!  I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I found this recipe.  I pinned this recipe on Pinterest.  Best website ever!  Here's the link to the actual recipe: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/09/how-to-make-homemade-fruit-roll-ups/

Homemade Fruit Roll Ups Tiffany's way

2 - 2 1/2 cups ripe fruit, diced (strawberries, raspberries, pears, peaches, etc.)
honey or sugar (Honey will make them chewier.)
lemon juice (fresh or from the bottle)

Prehea1t oven to lowest temperature.  My oven went down to 170 degrees F.  Line baking/cookie sheets with plastic wrap.  No, the plastic wrap won't melt.  At least it didn't in my oven.  Make sure plastic wrap is up and over the lip on the baking/cookie sheets.

Wash the fruit.  I didn't bother drying it off.  Cut it in chunks.  Puree the fruit in a food processor or in a Rocket Blender/Magic Bullet Blender.  Add honey, sugar, or lemon juice if you would like.  Pour the pureed fruit on the lined baking/cookie sheet.  Spread around with an offset spatula.  Put it in the oven and bake for 6-8 hours.  Take it out when the center is no longer tacky.  I had a couple spots in my raspberry flavor and a few spots in the strawberry flavor that were still tacky.  I took them out of the oven anyway and let them set over night.  They we not tacky when I went to cut them.  Cut the edges of the sheets of fruit off to have straight edges for the roll ups.  Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the sheet of fruit.  Use scissors or kitchen sheers to cut the fruit into roll up width.  I got 6 roll ups out of each sheet of fruit.  I tied a piece of ribbon around each roll up to keep them from unrolling.  

Flavors made:
Strawberry (I only used strawberries.)
Raspberry (I used 2 packages of Raspberries and 1 tablespoon sugar.)
Pear (I used 3 pears, should have used 4 or 5.  I also used  1 tsp of lemon juice from the jar per 1 pear.)

Flavors yet to make:
Strawberry Banana
Peach


I didn't take any pictures, but when I do I will post them!  They look and taste delicious!

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