Can I make fruit leather in the oven?

Yes, use your oven at the lowest temperature it will go down to make fruit leather in the oven.

How do I store homemade fruit leather?

Wrap fresh homemade fruit leather in parchment paper and store in an air-tight container for 5-7 days.

Is fruit leather healthy?

Yes! Homemade fruit leather is a healthy no sugar added, all-natural snack any kid will love.

Simple Strawberry Peach Fruit Leather Recipe

This super simple fruit leather recipe will soon be a hit at your house just like it is mine. The best part is this recipe is very easy and not filled with all the added ingredients we hate to feed our families. This recipe can be made with any fresh or frozen fruit you have on hand, so it’s an easy snack to make any time of the year.

Strawberry peach fruit leather rolled up and tied with blue string with fresh peaches and strawberries on a wooden cutting board.

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Tips For Picking Fresh Peaches

For this recipe, I was working with peaches my kids and I had just picked from a local orchard. I also had on hand frozen strawberries from my garden.

picking fresh peaches at a local orchard.

You could simplify the recipe and just use one kind of fruit, but I wanted to mix it up a bit and use what I had on hand.

In my experience with picking peaches, I have found I like to pick peaches when some are ready to eat, but I also like to pick some that are not quite ripe yet. I do this for a few reasons. My kids aren’t the most gentle when we pick stone fruit, so picking fruit that still needs to ripen lessens bruising a bit.

Another reason is I find it helps to keep the peaches from spoiling before I can use them all and gives me a little more time to decide what I am going to make with all of those beautiful peaches.

How To Ripen Fresh Peaches

If I have peaches that still need to ripen when I get them all home I wash them and let them dry completely. Then I lay them out on a towel on my kitchen counter or a table in my garage for a few days until they are ready to use. Be sure that you are checking them daily if the temperatures are still warm so they don’t spoil. It will only take a day or two to fully ripen.

How To Make Fruit Leather Without A Dehydrator

If you don’t have a food dehydrator don’t worry. You can use your oven just as easily. Using the supplies I have listed below you can easily turn that beautiful fruit puree into fruit leather. You’ll need to check your oven and determine the lowest temperature you can set it to, you’ll want a minimum temperature of 170°

If you have the option of convection baking in your oven that will allow you to bake multiple trays of fruit later at once just like in a countertop dehydrator.

What You’ll Will Need:

Large Cookie Sheet

Non-Stick Baking Mats

Parchment Paper

High Powered Blender

Fruit Leather Ingredients:

Strawberries fresh or frozen
Fresh sliced peaches with the skin on
Organic honey

Strawberries and Peaches in a blender to make homemade Fruit leather recipe.

Blending Strawberries and Peaches in a blender to make homemade Fruit leather recipe.

Let’s Make Strawberry Peach Fruit Leather

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. My Baking sheet is 13×18″.
Combine fruit and honey in a high-powered blender.
Using a rubber spatula scrape down the sides until completely combined.
Blend until smooth.
Pour the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and gently smooth out with a rubber spatula.
Bake for 4-5 hours. When the edges start to curl up slightly and the fruit is slightly tacky.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
If your fruit leather is still slightly tacky in some spots leave it out to completely dry.
Cut into desired shapes and roll up with parchment paper and store in an air-tight container for about a week.

Note:

Different fruit may require more or less time to dehydrate depending on how much water needs to evaporate. If you’ve tried this simple fruit leather recipe, I’d love to know how it turned out, and let me know your favorite fruit mixture variation!

Easy Summer Recipes You May Enjoy

Strawberry Peach Fruit Leather

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 hours

Total Time: 5 hours 5 minutes

Homemade fruit leather from fresh or frozen fruit.

Ingredients

2 Cups Frozen or fresh strawberries
3 Cups Fresh Peaches with skin on
1 Tbsp. Organic wildflower honey

Instructions

Preheat oven to 170 degrees.
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. My Baking sheet is 13x18".
Combine fruit and honey in a high-powered blender, and blend.
Using a rubber spatula scrape down the sides and continue to blend until completely combined.
Blend until mixture is very smooth.
Pour the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and gently smooth out with a rubber spatula.
Bake for 4-5 hours. When the edges start to curl up slightly and the fruit is slightly tacky.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
If your fruit leather is still slightly tacky in some spots leave it out to completely dry.
Cut into desired shapes and roll up with parchment paper and store in an air-tight container for 5-7 days.

Notes

Different fruit may require more or less time to dehydrate depending on how much water needs to evaporate. If you’ve tried this simple fruit leather recipe I’d love to know how it turned out and also let me know what your favorite variation of fruit mixture is too!