If you are wondering what I'm holding up, its fruit leather. More specifically strawberry and melon vanilla fruit leather or otherwise known as fruit roll-ups. Made 100% of fruit juice and your kids will just love them, just like Master Prince. He can't get enough of them. Too bad I just made enough for his friends to celebrate his party.Its really easy to make them.
Trust me.
Blend some any fruit of your choice (though if you are like me and chose strawberry, best to blend and sieve it separately unless you don't mind the seeds), add 1-2 tbsp of honey to taste and 1 tsp of good quality vanilla, spread out onto a good quality silicon paper and bake @ 100C degrees for 6 hours or until the fruit is dry to the touch. If your blended fruit juice (depending on what fruit is used) is very watery, cook it for 5-15 mins on the stove to thicken up a little first.
You get a really SMOOTH finish using a slipat. Wish I owned more than just one.
You can use silicon paper but be prepared for a creased finish. At least it works, had initially written off when I saw it drying out in the oven. Was all prepared to introduce to THE BIN as I thought it wouldn't lift off, sticking to the paper like glue.
Cut them up into strips with a sharp knife or scissors and wrap them in grease proof paper. All rolled up as a great gift for both young and old. You can also roll them up lengthwise but that means you need a taller/longer container; perfer to roll them shorter for easier storage.Needless to say they do taste great and 100% natural too. Gonna make more soon as the kids have so much fun eating them. In the long term if you wish to make more of these natural sweet treats, probably best to consider investing in a food dehydrator.
