My kids love the addition of fruit leather to their lunchbox or to have as an after school snack. I don’t see the need to add any sugar or further flavours, they are delicious just as simple pureed fruit. I use the oven to cook my fruit leathers, takes between 3-4 hours. Alternatively you could use a dehydrator.
Apple Fruit Leather
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4 apples
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven on lowest temperature
- Line baking tray with baking paper
- Peel and chop apples into small cubes
- Place apple in saucepan with water, bring to the boil then simmer for 10 min or until soft.
- Pour apple mixture into blender or food processor and blitz until smooth.
- Spread evenly over baking tray
- Bake in oven for 4 hours
By Kat – The Organised Housewife
Thermomix – Apple Fruit Leather
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4 apples
- 150g water
Instructions
- Preheat oven on lowest temperature
- Line baking tray with baking paper
- Peel, core and cut apples into quarters
- Chop, 20 seconds / speed 4
- Add water, cook 90 degrees / speed 4 / 9 minutes
- Blend, speed 9 / 30 seconds
- Spread evenly over baking tray
- Bake in oven for 4 hours
By Kat – The Organised Housewife
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23 comments
What should the oven temp be for these? Thanks!
The lowest possible Jenny, mine is 30-40C Fan Forced
Do you need to put them on baking paper or something or just on the oven tray?
The recipe says to use baking paper.
I put them on baking paper so it’s easier to slice up and avoid it sticking to the pan.
Have you tried this in the thermomix? How do you store it and how long will it last (if not eaten right away…)
Oops… I just scrolled down and found the thermie instructions…. my bad. 🙁
no worreis Lukataya, I am trying as much as possible to include both recipes these days 🙂
how long do they last?
They can last weeks LJ, but in our household, they are usually eaten within days.
🙁 Was so excited to try this but mine stuck to the baking paper! What did I do wrong?
Do you have to leave to oven door cracked? Mine won’t stay open just a little it will be halfway open if anything 🙁
Hi Acheadle, No you don’t have to, i do. Just keep a good eye on them though.
Do you have a recipe using dried apricots instead of apple?
Do you have a recipe using dried apricots instead of apple? Or dried mango measurements even?
Hi Cara, I have a strawberry fruit leather. I could always use the same method just using Apricot instead of the strawberries. http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/recipes/homemade-strawberry-rollups-fruit-leather/
The lowest temp on my gas oven is 120 degrees. Do you think that will still work if I leave the door open?
no Mikaela, that’s far too hot for them, they need to be around 60 degrees.
Do you store these in pantry or fridge?
How long do they last?
Thanks
Sorry this totally failed for me.
Did the apple purée fine, spread it out on baking paper.
5 1/2 hours later, the “leather” still soft in the middle of the tray, thin and done on the outside.
Plus, it’s all gone really thin and has not stayed “together” in the middle.Obviously the water content has been cooked out, but if I had spread the apple thicker, it would take 8 hours or more at this rate!
I cooked at 60-70 degrees C.
Don’t know how to make this work next time. It seems like it should have turned out thicker but it would take literally all day in the oven if it was any thicker.
I’m sorry it didn’t work for you Lauren, I would suggest to cook on the lowest temperature in your oven and quite possibly you may need to cook for 8 or more hours. I now use a dehydrator and have it going for most of the day.
What setting do you have your dehydrator on?
Hi Tara, I make these in the oven and just put it to the lowest temperature – I think the standard is about 50 or 75 degrees celcius depending on your oven 🙂