Piña Colada Fruit Roll Ups

Transport your self to a tropical paradise with these home made Piña Colada Fruit Rolls!

Bursting with the intense flavors of pineapple and coconut, these fruit leathers are a good way to benefit from the basic cocktail flavors in a transportable snack kind. Although, it ought to go with out saying that these fruit leathers are non-alcoholic (even should you tried, the alcohol would evaporate away in the course of the drying course of).

Making fruit leathers at house is surprisingly easy and lets you management precisely what goes into your snacks. These home made fruit roll-ups are made with actual fruit: no synthetic meals coloring or texturizing brokers.  The dehydration course of concentrates the pure sugars and flavors, leading to a chewy, intensely flavored snack. 

These fruit rolls are a terrific lunch field addition, mountaineering snack, or anytime deal with if you’re craving one thing candy however healthful.

Whereas the drying time requires persistence, the precise hands-on preparation is minimal. Simply simmer, mix, unfold, and anticipate the magic to occur!

Elements

• Pineapple: Should you stay in part of the nation that has entry to contemporary, ripe pineapples, then you definitely’re greater than welcome to make use of them. We, nonetheless, don’t. So we use canned pineapples as an alternative. Picked on the peak of ripeness and packed in 100% pineapple juice, canned pineapples are the higher choice.
• Shredded coconut: We use unsweetened natural shredded coconut on this recipe. Nothing added, no extra sugars. 
• Lemon juice: Brightens taste and provides pectin to assist with the ultimate texture of the fruit leathers.

Find out how to Make Fruit Roll Ups—Step by Step

1. Open the can of pineapple and add the fruit & juice to a small saucepan with the lemon juice. Simmer over medium warmth for 10 minutes, till the pineapples have softened. 
2. Use an immersion blender or fastidiously switch the pineapple right into a blender or meals processor and course of till utterly easy. Unfold the puree on a lined baking sheet or strong dehydrator tray, then sprinkle the shredded coconut excessive. The trick to fruit leathers is to unfold the puree so the sides are a bit thicker than the center—it can dry from the skin in, so this helps to make sure it can all end on the similar time.

3. To dry within the oven: Place the baking sheet within the oven on the lowest temperature the oven can go (normally 160°F). Prop the door open with a picket spoon to permit moisture to flee (watch out when you have curious pets or kids!).
   To dry in a dehydrator: Place the puree within the dehydrator and set it to 135°F.
4. Dehydrate for just a few hours* till the fruit leather-based is now not cheesy and will be peeled up in a single piece with no moist or delicate spots (roughly 4-5 hours in an oven or 7-8 hours in a dehydrator). 

*These occasions are simply pointers—the precise time will depend upon the thickness of the puree, the humidity stage in your home, and so forth. It’s greatest to guage doneness by feel and appear, not simply by time.

Useful Ideas

• This recipe will be simply scaled as much as fill all of the trays in your dehydrator. As written, it can fill one 10″x12″ tray (we use these in our Cosori dehydrator) or one half-sheet baking pan.
• Gently warming the pineapple with the lemon juice releases pure pectin, which helps give the fruit leather-based that excellent stretchy, elastic texture.
• Should you’re making these in an oven, a silicone bake mat is a game-changer! It makes peeling your completed fruit leather-based effortlessly easy.
• An offset spatula is your greatest pal for evenly spreading the pineapple combination.
• Create barely thicker edges than the middle when spreading your puree. Since fruit leather-based dries from the skin in, this ensures every little thing dehydrates on the similar time.
• After spreading the puree, clear up the sides by turning your offset spatula on its facet and utilizing it like a squeegee to create neat borders.
• For any edges that grow to be too crisp or brittle throughout drying, dabbing with a moist paper towel provides simply sufficient moisture to revive flexibility.