Fruit Roll up Failure

I'm sad to say I have to report a fruit roll-up failure.

I had some organic strawberries and apples set aside to make the next batch. Got everything puree'd and in the oven; set the timer - and went to bed.

My oven has a handy-dandy feature where I can tell it to turn itself off at a certain time - which is what I did since the fruit roll ups would be done baking at about 4 am. I heard the timer go off, got up to check on the roll ups, they looked good - and I left them in the oven and went back to bed!

They didn't burn since the heat was off. They just - overly dried. When I looked at them this morning they looked like a dried up river bed with cracks all the way through. I went ahead and cut them into strips thinking I might still be able to make them into roll ups, but they were just too brittle.

I tried one of the fruit crumbs - trying to see if they were worth keeping or just trash and start over. But the flavor was good and since I hate to throw that much organic fruit away, I thought I'd try to save it.

There's just no way to make them roll up, but I was able to get some of the strips off in sheets. I stacked them up and laid them in a plastic container until I can figure out what to do with them. I might still be able to pack them in lunches - more of a fruit bite than roll up. Or, I might use them in yogurt, kind of a fruit granola effect.

So while this wasn't a complete failure, it wasn't the results I was hoping for. Moral of the story: if you're silly enough to time these to go off in the wee morning hours, get up and take them out of the oven - don't just turn off the heat.