Here is a super recipe for some quick treats.

I started with some pumpkin puree and some over-ripe pears, and managed to make these turn out wonderfully.

I halved and cored the pears.

Then tossed them in the blender, skins and all, and pureed them into pear sauce.

Then I poured my pear sauce into a container, so that I could used the blender to mix my fruit leather ingredients.

Ingredients:

4 cups pumpkin puree

4 cups pear sauce (could be substituted with Apple sauce)

2 cups coconut milk, optional. (could be subtituted another dairy-free milk, or left out all together)

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup dried coconut

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp cloves

1 tsp nutmeg

2 Tbsp coconut oil

I simply dumped all of the ingredients into the blender, and blended it for a few seconds.

I poured some of it onto my silicone dehydrator sheets, enough to cover the sheet about an 1/8th of an inch thick.

On other dehydrator sheets I spooned the sauce out into cookie sized coins. Either way works, it really only depends on preference.

I set the dehydrator to 140 degrees for 10 hours, and checked on them periodically.

When they were nice and tough and no longer sticky, I allowed them to cool, before cutting them into strips.

At this point I decided that I really liked the coins better. They were more aesthetically pleasing, and nice to bag. However, they did take more space, and I got significantly more done in sheets instead of coins.. So it is a bit of a toss up, as to whether you want to go for looks, or time saving. If I had more than 6 silicone dehydrator sheets,  I think I would gladly do them all in coins.

They did all crack a bit. But even with the cracks they held up well.

I cut some parchment paper up to go between the pieces, and bagged them.

The kids have been enjoying them. And we will be making more, possibly trying out other variations.