I am now the proud owner of a gorgeous 9-tray dehydrator, and it came complete with recipe books and everything! But the very first thing I made in it did not come from the book. It came from my kitchen counter, and it came out DE-licious.
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It all started last week after we bought a few Chinese apples and ate two right away. The other one sat on the counter and got a bit squishy. Not moldy, or rotten, but soft-ish. What to do?, I thought to myself, because I hate to waste food. I’m not talking here about cleaning my plate, but rather about actual food waste. And I was not about to waste that Chinese apple.
So I made 1/4″ slices out of that sweet Chinese apple, right through the middle of the core so you could see the five-pointed star at the center of each slice. I placed them on the tray, sprinkled each one with cinnamon, and turned on the dehydrator. Many hours later, they were done and they were fantastic.
I brought some to work today to share.
I would say that if you don’t have a dehydrator you should plan to use your oven at absolutely the lowest possible temperature, and place your fruit slices on a rack of some kind, like for cooling cookie sheets so the air can circulate underneath. And then keep an eye on things. Or you could get yourself a dehydrator.
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