Fruit Strips 101

At Target, and probably many other places, they sell these super yummy all natural fruit strips. I love them! Problem number one: I eat them in mass quantities. Problem number two: they are expensive and Target is quite a ways away from my abode.
Problem solved: I found out how to make them. Yay! The best part...it's crazy easy.
Ingredients:
about a pound or so of apples and pears
1/4 cup of sugar (This really depends on how sweet your fruit is. You can put less.)
1/2 a lemon

Peel and chop apples and pears. You'll want about 5 or 6 cups of chopped fruit. (This is not an exact science, so don't worry that much about measuring.) Put fruit in blender, squeeze in the lemon juice, and add sugar. Blend. Basically you're making apple/pear sauce. Spread sauce onto 2 Silpat baking mats (silicone backing mats) on baking pans. If you don't have silicone mats you can use a baking sheet lined with plastic wrap. I'm just mildly creeped out by baking on plastic wrap, so I use Silpat mats. The sauce should be in a thin but not completely see through, even layer. Turn oven to lowest warm setting. Place baking pans in oven for about 4 or 5 hours. I turn the oven off at this point, and let the strips dry out the rest of the way. I usually just leave mine overnight.
When they are dry: If you baked them on plastic wrap, cut into strips and roll. If you baked them on a silicone mat, transfer to plastic wrap, cut into strips and roll. When cutting into strips, leave some of the plastic wrap hanging off of one end and use it to hold the strips in place once rolled.
Voila! You have your own yummy fruit strips.
I'm pretty sure this would work with store bought applesauce. Let me know if you try it that way.
And, of course, we can't leave out Mommy's little helper. He's really taken a liking to "cooking".