. It's great for all kinds of things but there are some things it just doesn't work so great for.
Like flax seed crackers and fruit leather.
Instead, use parchment paper. I learned after my multiple wax paper disasters that parchment paper doesn't stick down like wax paper does.
I've since made fruit leathers and flax crackers on parchment paper without it sticking, yah! The inserts
for dehydrators are also great; I just don't have enough trays yet.
I hope.
I have got to be quite good at this since I have managed to firmly glue fruit leather and flax seed crackers to wax paper.
The trick is to wet the wax paper just enough that it releases from the food so you can pull it off. Through trial and error I have figured out a way that works pretty well.
It is ridiculously time consuming but I would rather take the extra time to salvage a batch of homemade goodies than see them end up in the compost pile.
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| The blue areas are where you should concentrate on wetting, since they are the hardest to remove, in my experience. |
You should be able to see water droplets. Let it set for maybe 10 minutes so the wax paper becomes pliable.
When it's soaked up enough water you will be able to peel the wax paper off. You need to work fast once it's wet enough or it will start to dry out again.
After removing the wax paper I put the fruit leather and flax crackers back in the dehydrator so they are fully dry before storing them.
That's how I saved my fruit leather and crackers. What do you dehydrate your liquidy things on?
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I want to thank you for this article. I had the same problem. I was out of parchman paper so I used wax paper. What a mess. I tried heating my leather in a skillet to see if that would help release it, no luck there. I then tried to steam it with my steam iron. Not enough steam to work. I was just about to give up and toss the fruit leather. Then I thought, there is no problem in this world that someone else has not already had and solved. I knew that the internet was the place to look. I did a search on “my fruit leather stuck to the wax paper.” I found your website. Your information worked wonderfully.
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Helen
Woho! So glad you were able to save it, Helen! I knew after the frustration I went through I had to share, so I'm very glad someone else was able to salvage something stuck to wax paper from my experience. I do hope you will visit again!
DeleteAfter reading a few things about heat application, I thought I'd try microwaving my wax paper and stuck granola bars. I did it on high for 15-20 seconds, and it totally did the trick! So, I just thought I'd share that quick idea.
ReplyDeleteI've read that works but it didn't in my case, its good to have more than one thing to try though!
DeleteI made the same mistake, couldn't find a spray bottle, microwave didn't work, what did work is using a towel, get it wet with hot tap water, wring it out (you want as much water removed as possible), and lay it on the back (paper side) of the leather for a few minutes, when the towel is removed the paper will release the leather. If you don't leave the towel too long the leather is still almost completely dry on the other side.
ReplyDeleteYou are my life saver today.. Thank you very much!
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