Homemade Strawberry Fruit Rollup (Fruit Leather)
Have you ever made homemade fruit rollups? Why am I just now discovering how easy it is!?! OMG I can’t stop. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve made these strawberry fruit roll-ups. Yeah I use to be kinda obsessed with fruit roll-ups as a child, still am! Something about peeling them off that plastic paper and taking a big bite of chewy “stuff” was magical!
The real beauty of these homemade strawberry fruit roll-ups besides tasting amazing and looking amazing (checkout out those natural strawberry seeds!), is that they are made with simply fresh fruit and sugar (if you choose). All natural strawberry fruit rollups without artificial colors, flavors, corn syrup and other “stuff? Get out of town!!
Isaac and I have really enjoy making these although he doesn’t like to eat them! He just likes just unrolling and playing with them. Not surprising since he doesn’t like store-bought fruit roll-ups either. Oh well, more for mommy! This is the perfect natural snack for me since I’m trying to lose a few pounds.
If you’re using super sweet fruit you can totally skip the sugar, but make sure it’s sweet. Unsweetened fruit leather isn’t very appealing, trust me, I’d know. Make several batches because they go quick and take about four hours to make. 4 hours is a long time, but since the oven temp. is so low you don’t have to worry about heating up your kitchen. A few yummy combinations I’ll be trying: blackberry-pear, strawberry-spinach, peach-lemon, and mixed berry.
Watch me make these homemade natural strawberry fruit roll-ups from start to finish!
Get the Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Fruit Roll-ups
Ingredients
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, diced
- sugar, enough to sweeten
- fresh lemon juice, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees F.
- Line a large baking sheet with a baking mat or parchment paper.
- Place strawberries in food processor until blended.
- Add enough sugar to sweeten and a splash of lemon juice( if desired).
- Pour into prepared pan and spread out into a thin, even layer.
- Bake for 4 hours or until the center is set.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- Carefully peel up the fruit roll-up and place the sticky, smooth side on parchment paper.
- Cut to size so that you have an even rectangle to work with. (I usually cut off the edges of the fruit rollups since they are usually crunchy and uneven.
- Cut into 2-inch strips and roll-up firmly.
- Store in airtight container.
Notes
Is the sugar/lemon juice important for the texture or is it strictly for taste?
I just tried (kind of) making this… i just used strawberries and it came out a little dryer than yours looks. i’m not sure if thats because i left out the extra ingredients or because i didn’t make it thick enough.
That seems like a yummy recipe. Will definatly try it but can I use frozen strawberries instead of fresh??
you can , mak sure all the water is evaporated when cooking it down.
These look delicious! But, the lowest temperature setting on my oven is 200° F. Can I still make these, and just shorten the time? If so, by how much?
This recipe is amaaazziiiinnnggg yum goodbye Trader Joe’s fruit leather! Thank you diva!
why would you ever say to bake that for 4 hours? I went upstairs after I had the fruit roll ups baking in the oven for probably an hour and a half and I could smell something burning well it was burning and now it is burnt. I should have neverfollowed your recipe to make the fruit roll ups!and thanks to your recipe not being accurate I wasted a whole container of strawberries!
if your oven was set at 170 then theres no way possible you burnt them……you had your temperature setting too high
I agree with the comment above. Nothing can burn in an oven set at 170 degrees.
First of all, your comment was extremely rude! When you try a new recipe, you take the risk of it not working. That being said, there is no way this recipe burned at 170 degrees.
I agree with the others because I actually put my over at 200 degrees and baked for 4 hours and they still didn’t burn so I don’t know what temperature you had your oven at but clearly you didn’t follow the recipe therefore it’s not the recipe its you…
This is the problem people rely so much on recipes that they forget to use their own measurement. You had your temperature too high. Just think before you type next time.
You clearly had your temp set to high…. possibly you did 170 C instead of F
Maybe u made it too thin. Don’t take it out oh the creator of this. That’s just rude.
Not sure why some people have to be rude if things don’t work out for them. The oven thermometer might be off, you had it spread too thin, or something. I do mine at 135 degrees on my dehydrator, but I’m not saying that’s the “proper” way. I’ve never made strawberry so I am excited to try this. I love the ones made from applesauce. Thanks for sharing!
These look amamzing and super easy!! I loved these as a kid as well and they are just not the same as they once were. Cannot wait to try these and maybe experiment with my own fruit combos!!! Thanks for sharing.