How to Dehydrate Apples
Dehydrated apples are incredibly versatile! Not only are they a delicious and healthy snack on their own, but they're great in baking and cooking, add flavour to teas, and can even be ground and used in spice rubs.
Notable Equipment
- 1 Dehydrator
Ingredients
- 2 whole apples
Instructions
- 1. Wash and peel apples (peeling is optional but recommended for most uses - see notes)
- 2. Optional: Core apples (If you're doing rounds, you'll want to core the apples as well. For any other style, you can simply cut around the core)
- 3. Slice, dice or shred apples into the desired size or shape (but no more than 1/4" thick)
- 4. Optional: Lightly coat or spray the apples with lemon juice or an ascorbic acid based product
- 5. Arrange on a mesh lined dehydrating tray with enough room for air to circulate between the pieces (no over lapping)
- 6. Place in dehydrator and dehydrate at 135°F for about 10-12 hours
Notes
- You can leave the peels on if preferred. That being said, I typically only recommend this with organic apples (that haven’t been coated with a protective wax) as the wax could interfere with the dehydrating process. The peels will also be hard once dehydrated – I prefer the texture and versatility of dehydrated apples without peels.
- A mesh liner is recommended for apples - especially if doing shredded or diced (otherwise they may fall through the trays)
- Dehydrating times may vary (the water content and thickness of the apples, as well as the humidity and altitude of where you live in impact the time)
- To learn more about dehydrating, check out our post How to Dehydrate: Learning the Basics
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