The apples on my front parking strip are starting to fall and it’s time to do something with those apples! Over the years I have made apple sauce, apple butter, apple pie filling and several other types of apple based products. The thing that my family likes the most are dried apples. These can be added to morning oatmeal, put in cookies and muffins or just grabbed as a quick snack. What I like about going the dried apple route is that they are quick and easy to make.
First pick your apples. It’s ok if they have blemishes or worm holes. You can cut these out.
I like to use this apple peeler and slicer. It really cuts down on time and is great fun to use.
Here is what the apple looks like fresh from the machine.
Lay the slices out on your dehydrator racks and fire them up.
Here are the dried slices. It takes about 5 hours for thin slices, more for thick ones. You want them dry but not hard and brittle. Once they are dried put them in Tupperware or mason jars.
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