Fruit Leather Recipe - The Big Man's World ® (2024)

FAQs

How do you prepare fruit leather? ›

Most fruit leathers are prepared by mixing fruit puree and other additives like sugar, pectin, acid, glucose syrup, color, and potassium metabisulphite and then dehydrating them under specific conditions.

Ingredients. Fruit by the Foot's primary ingredients are sugar, maltodextrin, corn syrup, pear puree concentrate, and palm oil. Its primary flavors used to be derived from artificial colors and flavors, however, they have switched to pear juice and fruit colors in recent years.

Rather than whip up a banana bread, you can actually skip all that and make homemade fruit leather with just 2 ingredients and it takes minute to throw together. No added sugar, no dehydrator needed, all you need is bananas and cocoa powder! What's great about this recipe? Everything.

To fill all four of our dehydrator trays we need about 6-8 cups of pureed fruit; depending on your dehydrator this could vary. Line the trays with parchment paper, as sometimes the puree can leak through.

In the Dehydrator

Coat your dehydrator's fruit-leather trays with cooking spray. Add enough puree so that you can spread it evenly about 1/8-inch thick (about 1 cup, depending on the size of your tray). Dehydrate at 140°F until dry to the touch, about 4 hours.

Runners sometimes like fruit leather, but we think the freeze dried version of fruit leather is even better because there's nothing chewy to get stuck between your teeth. Just puree your favorite combination of fruit in a blender or food processor, spread on the freeze drying trays and run the cycle.

In general, fruit leather should be dried at around 140° F.

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For instance, the peels of avocados and honeydew melon are considered inedible, regardless of whether they are consumed cooked or raw. Other fruit and vegetable peels, such as those from pineapples, melons, onions, and celeriac, can have a tough texture that is difficult to chew and digest.

Can you dehydrate mashed bananas? ›

Spread pureed banana mixture evenly over tray surface to a depth of 1/8 to 1/4-inch. Dry by dehydrator or oven.

Botanically speaking, a banana is both a berry and a fruit. (Remember, if it's a berry, it's also a fruit by default.) Here's the deal: The banana flower contains one ovary, which grows into a single banana. The banana also has a somewhat soft skin, juicy flesh, and many tiny seeds.

Dried Fruits

The drying process concentrates the sugar and makes raisins and fruit leather sticky. The high sugar level offers its own issues as it feeds the bacteria that cause plaque and decay. But the stickiness means pieces get left behind in the crevices of your teeth as well.

Put the baking sheet in the oven for 6-8 hours, or until the fruit leather is set and the center is not tacky. Your house will smell delicious while the fruit leather is drying in the oven. When the fruit leather is finished, pull it out of the oven and let it cool to room temperature.

Carefully place trays in the dehydrator. Dehydrate on low (110-115 degrees) for about 14 hours. Depending on the thickness, this will vary. Keep in mind that the texture of dehydrated foods change after they have cooled, so when checking your fruit leather for doneness, always let the leather cool completely first.

For best storage it is recommended to put the rolled leathers in the refrigerator or for longer storage in the freezer. If there is any moisture in the fruit leather at all, they may mold when stored at room temperature for very long.