Nesco FD-35 Use And Recipe Manual page 11

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Snacks
ake great, healthy snacks using Nesco/American Harvest's Fruit Roll
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Cheesy Corn Chips
Great for after school munchies.
1 cup whole kernel or creamed corn
1 cup sharp Cheddar cheese,
grated
(the ready grated cheese is
not as satisfactory)
1 / cup red and green
2
peppers, diced
1 tablespoon onion, chopped
/ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1
8
1 / teaspoon chili powder
8
salt to taste
In a blender or food processor, blend
together all ingredients at high speed.
Spread mixture thinly onto Fruit Roll
sheets. Dry for approximately 10 hours or
until dry on one side. Lift entire corn ring
off of the Fruit Roll sheet, turn over and
dry for two hours longer or until crisp.
Break into pieces.
Harvest Granola
Most often served as a breakfast food, it
can also be a snack or an ingredient in
desserts, cookies, or main dishes.
5 cups rolled oats
3 / cup brown sugar, firmly packed
4
/ cup wheat germ
1
2
1 / cup dried apple, chopped
2
1 / cup of honey
2
1 / cup sesame seeds
2
1 cup raisins
/ cup date crystals
1
2
1 cup pecans or almonds, chopped
/ cup salad oil
1
3
1 teaspoon vanilla
/ cup margarine, melted
3
4
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix together very well so that all
ingredients are distributed evenly. Adding
dry ingredients to wet ingredients makes a
crunchier granola. Spread onto a Fruit
Roll sheet. Dry until crunchy. Crumble
and store in an airtight container.
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Fruit Roll Recipes
Strawberry Rhubarb Leather
1 cup rhubarb
/ cup water
1
4
2 cups strawberries
/ cup honey
1
2
Combine / cup water and 1 cup rhubarb.
1
4
Simmer on stove over medium high heat
for 5 minutes. Add 2 cups strawberries and
1 / cup honey. Purée to smooth consistency
2
in blender. Pour on a Fruit Roll sheet and dry
Applesauce Leather
2 lbs. apples, peeled, cored and
quartered
1 / cup lemon juice
4
/ cup sugar
1
2
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Simmer apples in a saucepan with
water until softened (about 15-20 minutes).
Place lemon juice in blender and gradually
add the apples. Purée. Add sugar and
cinnamon. Mix well, pour on a Fruit Roll
sheet and dry. If you are going to
rehydrate into applesauce, measure purée
when putting it on tray.
Boysenberry Leather
1 quart boysenberries
Purée boysenberries in a blender. Strain
through cheesecloth to remove seeds. Place
on a Fruit Roll sheet and dry.
Yogurt Leather
Spread home made or store bought yogurt
on a lightly sprayed Fruit Roll sheet
(approximately
(55˚ C) for approximately 12 to 14 hours.
Experiment until you find the brand which
dries most evenly.
To rehydrate, add 1 cup of water to each
cup of leather.
/ cup
1
2
/ " thick). Dry at 130˚ F
1
4
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