Polka Dot Fruit Roll Ups

Cindy Rowland knows that snacks are a key part of feeding little ones. Her blog, Fix Me A Snack offers ideas for fresh, yummy, homemade foods that have nothing to do with the highly-processed, nutritionally empty snacks that are marketed to kids. She uses a food dehydrator to turn pureed fruit sauces (apple, blackberry, and peach) into adorable Polka Dot Fruit Roll Ups with that chewy texture kids love.

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce		Fresh Peach Sauce
Fresh Blackberry Sauce

directions

Prep: 10 min Total:

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Spread the applesauce out onto a lightly greased dyhydrator tray to 1/4-inch thickness. A large offset spatula works well, but if you don't have one spread the applesauce evenly as best you can with the back of a spoon. "Decorate" the applesauce with the peach and blacknberry sauces using separate squeeze bottles.
2
Place the prepared tray in the dehydrator and set the machine to 135°F. Run the dyhydrator for 4 hours or more until the fruit leather is no longer tacky and completely dry. The amount of time necessary depends on the thickness and amount of sugar in the fruit.
3
Remove the fruit leather from the tray and cut into 2-inch wide strips. Store rolled up in wax paper in an airtight container. Should keep for weeks if not months.

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Polka Dot Fruit Roll Ups

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