Fruit Roll-ups Homemade

 
 
Homemade Strawberry Fruit Rollups
Ingredients:

8 oz strawberries, stems trimmed
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 tbsp stevia

Directions:

1. Place the trimmed strawberries in a blender or food processor and puree them for a minute or so until smooth. You don't want any strawberry chunks in the mixture.
Transfer the strawberry puree to a saucepan and add the lemon juice and stevia. Turn the heat to medium to medium high, and cook
the mixture for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until the mixture is thick and jammy. The goal here is to cook out much of the moisture.
2. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees F, or as low as your oven will go, making sure it's less than 200 degrees at the highest.
3. Spread the strawberry jam into a rectangle shape onto a baking pan lined with a silpat or parchment paper. You may use an offset
spatula or a regular spatula to help spread the mixture as evenly as possible, until the rectangle is about 1/8 inch thick. Keep in
mind the fruit leather will lose some of its thickness in the oven as it dehydrates, so make sure that none of the jam is so thin
that you can see through it as you spread.
4. Cook in the oven for 3-4 hours, until the fruit mixture no longer feels sticky, just a bit tacky. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely. Transfer to a cutting board lined with wax paper, and use a pizza cutter to cut long strips. Roll them up into the fruit
rollups, and enjoy!
Closing notes for this recipe:

You can use frozen strawberries for this recipe, just make sure to thaw them before pureeing. Just as with any other recipe where you are dehydrating something in the oven, it’s a bit of a guessing game judging when it’s done. You’ll know the rollup is done when it
doesn’t feel sticky, just a bit tacky. Don’t bake for too long or the rollup will turn into a crispy chip!
If your oven doesn’t go to 170, you may need to open and close the door to moderate the temperature. 200 degrees seems to be the
highest you should go for this recipe.
Notes

Recipe adapted from Serious Eats who adapted from the Classic Snacks Made From Scratch Cookbook.