I found my dyhydrator on Craig's List last summer for $20.00. I'd never dried fruit or anything before but I wanted to make my kids homemade fruit roll-ups. I bombed a recipe for fruit roll-ups from the oven and thought I'd give this a try.
1 cup applesauce
4 cups strawberrys, hulled
1/2 cup apple juice
Pour applesauce into your blender, mix in strawberrys, add a little juice so your blender works easily (you don't want these watery so not too much). Pour onto Saran Wrap lined tray or a fruit roll-up tray that you can buy for your dehydrator. If you are using the fruit roll-up tray, line it with a coating of vegetable oil first.
Dehydrate for about 24 hours until the fruit roll-up has cured or dried, then roll-up and cut into small roll-ups. I laid mine out flat and cut it like a pizza.
For a printable copy of this recipe go here.
Enjoy! Sarah
Happily submitted to Frugal Fridays over at Life As Mom. Go have a look at what other frugal tips were shared this week :) In the spirit of her theme on baking to build a frugal pantry, I found this beautiful illustration below to share with you. Can you believe I purchased this book for a 25 cents from the library?
From the book "Mary Mapes Dodge, Golly Girl"
by Miriam E. Mason
Illustrated by Sandra James
1949 Bobbs-Merril Company, Inc.
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I love to do this, especially in the summer when friends with fruit trees give us fruit for free. Now I wish I had some to munch on!
ReplyDeleteI love homemade fruit roll ups. I made them last year with my dehydrator and the kids devoured them.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fabulous idea!!! I don't have a dehydrator, but very cool!
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to make fruit roll-ups for a while now...I had never thought to look for a dehydrator on Craig's List! Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteThanks, also, for leaving the sweet comment on my blog about my monster applique t-shirt. I really appreciate it!
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