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 "@context": "https://schema.org",
 "@type": "Recipe",
 "author": {
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "asharedpalate.com"
 },
 "name": "Strawberry Apple Fruit Leather",
 "description": "A snack for the trail: strawberries and unsweetened applesauce dried into chewy strips with no added sugar, packed to carry all day.",
 "recipeCategory": [
  "Snacks"
 ],
 "recipeYield": "6 servings",
 "totalTime": "PT6H30M",
 "recipeIngredient": [
  "1 lb (454 g) strawberries, hulled",
  "1 cup (244 g) unsweetened applesauce",
  "1 tbsp (15 g) lemon juice"
 ],
 "recipeInstructions": [
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "Wash the strawberries and cut off the green tops. Set up the dryer first. For the oven, line two rimmed half-sheet pans with parchment paper (not wax paper, it sticks). For the dehydrator, use two solid fruit-leather trays or two parchment-lined trays."
  },
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "Blend the strawberries, applesauce and lemon juice until completely smooth. Pour the purée into a medium saucepan and simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often, to cook off some water so it dries faster. Let it cool 5 minutes."
  },
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "Divide the purée between the two pans or trays and spread it to an even ⅛-inch layer all the way to the edges. Thin spots dry first and crack, thick spots stay sticky, so keep it level."
  },
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "Oven method: set the oven to its lowest setting, 170 °F. Bake 4 to 5 hours (the 170 °F oven times in the versions we read were 3 to 4 hours for a 1 lb batch of fruit; ours is thicker). Check from 3 hours."
  },
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "Dehydrator method: set the dehydrator to 140 °F. Dry 6 to 12 hours, and start checking at 6 hours. A lower setting of 125 °F works too but takes about 12 hours."
  },
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "It is done when the center is dry to the touch, no longer sticky, and matte rather than shiny. Press the middle with a clean finger; no purée should come away. If it is tacky, dry 30 minutes more and check again."
  },
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "Cool completely on the pan or tray; it firms up as it cools. Slide the parchment onto a board and cut the leather, parchment and all, into 6 strips with a pizza cutter or scissors."
  },
  {
   "@type": "HowToStep",
   "text": "Roll each strip in its parchment. Pack in an airtight container or bag."
  }
 ],
 "nutrition": {
  "@type": "NutritionInformation",
  "servingSize": "1 of 6",
  "calories": "42 kcal",
  "proteinContent": "0.6 g",
  "carbohydrateContent": "10.6 g",
  "fatContent": "0.3 g",
  "saturatedFatContent": "0.0 g",
  "sugarContent": "7.6 g",
  "sodiumContent": "2 mg",
  "fiberContent": "2.0 g"
 },
 "image": "https://asharedpalate.com/assets/scenes/fruit-leather.jpg",
 "imageAlt": "Strawberry and applesauce fruit leather, dried chewy strips, cut with parchment and rolled in the parchment, on a board",
 "url": "https://asharedpalate.com/fruit-leather"
}