Easy Dehydrated Apples

We recently acquired a free bag of red delicious apples left behind from our last tour. We are fans of gala apples and I typically use granny smith in my pies…so the red delicious really weren’t that exciting of a find. Until, my brain went into gear.

I pulled out my trusty $5 dehydrator purchased from a garage sale (Nesco American Harvest Food Dehydrator and Jerky Maker), my lemon juice, my knife and went to work.

 

First things first, I cored the apples with my handy apple corer. Simple ’nuff.

 

I sliced the apples up to be about 1/4″ thick.

 

I threw the slices in a ziplock bag filled with lemon juice and tossed them around, making sure they were thoroughly coated.

 

Next, I rinsed the lemon juice off of the slices.

 

I arranged the slices on the the dehydrator trays evenly and set the temperature to 135 degrees (which is the recommended temperature for fruits and vegetables).
I left the dehydrator on for about 4 hours, checking it each hour.

 

Once the apples were done, we ate them. Pretty much all in the same day.

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11 Responses to "Easy Dehydrated Apples"

  1. Amy Renea says:

    yum!!! need to find me a $5 dehydrator 😉

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  2. nicole says:

    love this, I’ve tried before but now will use the lemon juice. i’m stopping by from the lovely poppy and would love for you to stop by and check out the huge giveaway that ends this thursday- http://thelovelypoppy.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-follower-giveaway.html xoxo nicole

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  3. SnoWhite @ Finding Joy in My Kitchen says:

    We have the same dehydrator … ours takes about 12-18 hours to dry! Although, we don’t soak in lemon juice before hand – do you think that has something to do with it?

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  4. Jessica says:

    If only I had a dehydrator! These look so amazingly delicious!

    Thanks for linking it to Totally Tutorial Tuesdays 🙂

    Jessica
    http://myworldmadebyhand.blogspot.com

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  5. Diane says:

    Looks great…thanks for linking with 2nd Time Around!

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  6. Jo-Lynne {Musings of a Housewife} says:

    Wow, that looks like a tasty snack! Wishing I had a dehydrator right about now. 🙂 (here from Tasty Tues)

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  7. Julie Bagamary says:

    Thanks for the reminder.

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  9. Jordan @ Wayward Girls' Crafts says:

    Yum! I’ll have to give this a shot some time–we have the same dehydrator!

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