ApplePalozza ~ Dehyrated Apples OH HOW EASY

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I love dried apples.  I grew up snacking on them if I was lucky that is because normally they were dried for fried apple pies. Oh me oh my how I love my mom's fried apple pies.  They are truly to die for!!!  

 Anyway back to those 80+ pounds of apple blessings.  Since the red delicious apples are going bad I decided to dehydrate them and make dried apples.  Yummy!!!  Just got my first batch out of the oven.  So, darn good.  I could eat every one of them.  My daughter likes them so much I had to find them from her.   I also have a batch in my dehydrator.  

 If you have plenty of apples why not make dried apples?  Seriously they are a great healthy snack.  Plus incredibly easy to make.

I did not realize until just now how many different types of apple slicers I have.  We have an apple slicer peeler corer, a corer, and one that cores and slices.  


For dehydrated/dried apples I opt for the first one, the apple slicer peeler that cores too.  Scott got ours at a flea market or it might have been a yard sale.  Remember you do not have to spend upwards of $30 on one.  Of course, you can do it the old fashion way with a good paring knife.

 Now that the Indian Apple Chutney is done and the aroma is going away my house smells like apples.  Yummy yummy yummy in my tummy.  Today I sure do not need one of those wax scent things burning.  My house smells good just from my cooking.  

 Dehydrated Apples

 Ingredients
  • Apples
  • Lemon juice
  • Cooke sheets or a dehydrator
  • Parchment paper if using the oven and the cookie sheets
Directions
  • Clean, peel, core and slice apples thin.
  • As you do the first step put them in a bit of lemon juice so they do not brown.
  • Oven method put parchment paper on your cookie sheets, lay out the apples in a single layer, put on the second to the bottom shelf on 200 degrees.  An hour into it turn them.  Takes up to 3 hours.
  • Dehydrator method, place your thin cut apples in a single layer on the trays.  Set temp at 135 and watch.  This could take a while.

Now is that not easy peasy?  Even Jace loves them.  He is our grandson.

ENJOY!!

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