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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