My kids love fruit leathers, but they are so expensive at the store. So now I make my own. It’s so easy and you can add in whatever fruits and spices you like. I have peach fruit leathers on my blog already, and now I can add these to the list.
The house smells amazing when these are cooking, kind of like when I make my crock pot applesauce. The best part is that you probably already have all the ingredients in your own cabinets! I used applesauce to make mine, but you can most certainly use real apples and puree them first. Think about it though. When your store has a sale on applesauce, you can stock up and make these. It would save a lot of money and make your kids happy too. I used a dehydrator
Apple Pie Fruit Leathers
Apple Pie Fruit Leathers
Ingredients
- 4 cups unsweetened applesauce (I used Eden Foods )
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 2 T maple syrup (Optional) I did not use it
Instructions
- If using an oven, preheat to the lowest setting or 135.
- Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
- Line your baking sheets with parchment and spread the mixture out evenly.
- Bake for about 4-6 hours, depending on how low the temp your oven will go.
- If you are using a dehydrator , line the trays with parchment as well. You can use the dehydrator sheets as well, but I think parchment is much cheaper and works great.
- I baked mine in the dehydrator at 135 for about 6-7 hours.
- Once it feels tacky, it’s pretty much done. I got about 20 fruit leathers out of my batch. Enjoy!