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Title: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Bmcox86 on February 22, 2015, 02:58:05 PM

Anyone have any tips or recipes. The wife and I would like to start dehydrating fruit for snacks at work so we cut down on the candy eating. So far we have had good luck with strawberries and kiwi but not so good luck with apples or mangos? Any adivce, recipes or tricks would be appreciated. Any and all kinds of fruit

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Jason on February 22, 2015, 03:07:06 PM

Dehydrated apple chips don't last long around here  :tup:

Get yourself a large bowl and fill with cold water, cut up one lemon and squeeze lemon into bowl of water, core apples, then cut 1/4"-3/8" thick slices, put apple slices into bowl of lemon water for 2-5min, pull apple slices from lemon water and put them on your dehydrator racks, sprinkle with cinnamon. Dehydrate at 135-140 for about 6-8hrs.

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: runamuk on February 22, 2015, 03:18:49 PM

My sister used to do a lot of dehydrating fruits. I like pineapple, apricots, and candied ginger slices the best.  I know for the juicier fruit thinner slices and she would often blot them on paper towels before putting in the dehydrator.  That's all I know mostly I put in my request and got tupperwares of deliciousness.  :chuckle:

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: danderson on February 22, 2015, 05:25:36 PM

  The best way I have found to dehydrate fruit is to make fruit leather, cook until its turned into a sauce, pour on wax paper that's been sprayed with pam or some non stick spray and dehydrate until dried, that way you can add sugar as needed to taste, works great for apples pears, apricots, plumbs, and strawberry's

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Jingles on February 22, 2015, 05:33:12 PM

Good luck with the dehydrator just get plenty of fruits and veggies and have at it.  Ours usually runs non stop except for loading and unloading when the stuff starts coming off the plants, Apples Peaches, pears, Apricots, cherries, Plums and all the veggies as well. Don't forget making jerky with it either
Will sit down with better half and pm some of the favorite recipes and methods

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: lokidog on February 22, 2015, 06:55:44 PM

I'm glad to see somene else does kiwis, I love dried kiwi.  Another yummy one is dried persimmon.  The trick to nice looking fruit like apples and pears is the lemon water as Jason mentioned.  We'd like to get a decent new dehydrator, what are you guys/gals that do a lot using?  Sorry about the  :jacked: but still kind of on topic.  ;)

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Jingles on February 22, 2015, 07:05:45 PM

Ours is a Harvest maid made by ????? Have had it since MobyDick was a minnow came with 4 trays now has 8.

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Bmcox86 on February 22, 2015, 07:22:31 PM

I have just a basic cabela 6 tray I got out of the bargin cave. Works good so far.

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: danderson on February 22, 2015, 09:21:31 PM

I use the Excalibur, commercial grade   

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Da stump on February 23, 2015, 09:24:15 AM

using lemon juice is good on apples and such. there is a product called fresh start that is great too. The ingredient that is helping to keep the fruit from turning brown is ascorbic acid and can be purchased in its concentrated form much less expensive than buying it with name brand labels
 :hello:

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: NRA4LIFE on February 23, 2015, 09:32:21 AM

Pineapple and strawberries are my favorite.  I eat them like candy.  I have an American Harvest (I think), have had it for 23 years and still going strong.  Have 10 trays for it now.

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Dhoey07 on February 23, 2015, 09:36:35 AM

I have this one

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Home-Cabin/Food-Processing/Food-Dehydrators%7C/pc/104798880/c/104723280/sc/104294880/Cabelas-10-Tray-Digital-Dehydrator/939466.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Ffood-dehydrators%2F_%2FN-1101295%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104294880%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104798880%253Bcat104723280#BVRRWidgetID (http://www.cabelas.com/product/Home-Cabin/Food-Processing/Food-Dehydrators%7C/pc/104798880/c/104723280/sc/104294880/Cabelas-10-Tray-Digital-Dehydrator/939466.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Ffood-dehydrators%2F_%2FN-1101295%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104294880%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104798880%253Bcat104723280#BVRRWidgetID)

I've used it for jerky, apples, bananas, fruit leather and carrots.  It's nice to have the timer so you can set it before you go to bed and have it run at night

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: NOCK NOCK on February 24, 2015, 06:30:59 AM

If you're going to do apples, get one of the contraptions that peels Cores and slices all-in-one. Speeds up the process immensely

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: bearhunter99 on February 24, 2015, 07:02:59 AM

My stepfather used to lightly sprinkle the apples and  pears with the Jello powder, the kids can't get enough!  We have  the ten tray digital one from Cabelas.  Dried tomatoes with a light dash of sea salt are extremely yummy too!

Title: Re: Dehydrated fruit
Post by: Bofire on February 24, 2015, 08:47:51 AM

for apples I have a hard time cutting them thin enough, I like them to be like potato chips. I bought a slicer machine with little shims for thin slices, it works good.
We love apples and apricots.
Carl