Squash is an inexpensive vegetable that is easy to grow. During the fall season, I often find myself with a lot of squash, and I like to look for other ways of using it besides roasting it.
Squash stores sell in a root cellar, but I do not have a root cellar (yet). Years ago, I received a lot of carnival squash from my CSA and did not know what to do with all of it. I decided to try something different with the carnival squash. I made fruit leather.
This fruit leather was easy to make, and since it is dehydrated, it will last a long time, longer than the squash would last on my kitchen countertop.
Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup of baked squash
2 cups of applesauce
1/4 cup organic honey
1. Purée the squash in a food processor or Vitamix.
2. Mix in the honey and applesauce.
3. Spread the mix onto a ParaFlexx liner or parchment paper.
4. Spread out the mix evenly. (I used ~1.5 cups of the mix per tray).
5. Dehydrate at 135 F for approximately 12 hours. (Time may vary according to your dehydrator).
6. Place a piece of parchment paper on the fruit leather. Roll up the fruit leather inside the parchment paper. Cut the roll into strips.
You can make fruit leather in the oven, but I have not tried it yet.
The fruit leathers turned out perfectly. They were so easy to make! Now I have another no-mess healthy snack to carry in my purse. (Moms with small children know how important this is).
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