Homemade Fruit Leather
Servings: 8 strips
This fruit leather recipe is loved by kids and adults alike! Just 4 simple, whole food ingredients, make this fun, kid-approved treat. Follow my how to steps for the perfect weekend at home or school snack.
Ingredients
- 2 peach fresh
- 1 ½ cups blueberries fresh
- ⅔ cup elderberry syrup Sambucol
- ¼ cup chia seeds optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to lowest setting (150-175 degrees F). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, allowing it to come up the sides a bit.
- Blend fruit and elderberry syrup together on high speed until smooth. Pour evenly over the parchment lined tray. Sprinkle chia seeds evenly over top.
- Transfer tray to oven and bake for 3 hours. Check every so often until center isn't sticky when touched. In my electric convection oven, the lowest temp is 175 degrees F and it took about 4.5 hours total. If it cooks too long, it will become dry and brittle, so keep an eye on it.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool once completely baked.
- Once cooled, transfer fruit leather on parchment to a cutting board and cut into strips using a pizza cutter. The edge pieces may be crisper than the inside pieces.
- Use the parchment to roll the strips up.
- Store in an air-tight container until ready to eat.
Notes
- If you have a convection oven, I suggest using it to speed up the drying time.
- Fresh fruit works best. If you use frozen, use 3 cups total and make sure to defrost first, then drain some excess fluid before blending.
- You can use a silpat instead of parchment.
- I leave the skin on my peaches for extra fiber + nutrients
- Elderberry syrup is used as natural immunity support + sweetener. Swap out for honey or maple syrup, to taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 64kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 1g, Sodium: 2mg, Potassium: 144mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 204IU, Vitamin C: 9mg, Calcium: 41mg, Iron: 1mg