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.