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How To Dehydrate Apples
How To Dehydrate Apples
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
6 hrs
Total Time
6 hrs 30 mins
 
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12 people
Author: Linda Loosli
Ingredients
  • 6-8 apples
  • 2 cups lemon water (optional-1 cup water to 1 cup lemon juice)
  • cinnamon or cinnamon and sugar (optional)
Instructions
  1. Remove the stems from your apples, and wash them.

  2. I used an apple peeler to peel and slice mine and 1/4 to 3/8 inches thick.

  3. If you want to keep your slices fairly white, use one cup of lemon juice to one cup of water to dip them in. You don’t have to use the lemon juice/water treatment, but it does make them look a lot prettier since they aren’t as prone to turn brown.

  4. Place the apple slices evenly on your dehydrator racks and place them evenly so they don't touch either on the racks.

  5. My Excalibur Dehydrator book states to set the temperature at (135°F) = (57°C) degrees. 

  6. Each dehydrator brand will work differently. I set my timer on 4 hours as per my Excalibur handbook, and they took an additional 2 hours to dehydrate them to a pliable state that our family likes. Pliable means they aren’t crispy and they aren’t moist either.

  7. The time also depends on the humidity of the room you are dehydrating them in and the temperature setting you’re directed to use for each type of food product to be dehydrated.

How To Condition Your Fruit or Vegetables
  1. If you live where it's HUMID: "To condition the fruit, take the dried fruit that has cooled and pack it loosely in plastic or glass jars. Seal the containers and let them stand for 7 to 10 days. The excess moisture in some pieces will be absorbed by the drier pieces. Shake the jars daily to separate the pieces and check the moisture condensation." https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/dry/pack_store.html

    I used to live in the DRY DESERT: I set my fruit and vegetables on my countertop for 5-7 days. Ten days is even better to make sure everything is dry before using your FoodSaver unit.