How to Dry Apples
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2- Prepare an ice water bath with lemon juice (or citric acid). The ratio isn’t that important, I just poured about 1 cup of lemon juice in about 2 or 3 quarts of water.
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3- Using an apple slicer/corer Victorio VKP1010 Apple and Potato Peeler, Suction Base
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4- Place apple slices in lemon water immediately to prevent browning.
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5- Position apple slices on drying trays (I cut my apple circles in half so they would fit on the trays a bit better but they look great as complete circles too!).
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6- Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. You can use as much cinnamon and sugar as you would like but I have found that the perfect cinnamon/sugar ratio is about ¼ Cup Sugar to 1 TBSP cinnamon.
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Drying times will vary depending on your dryer. The instructions that came with my dehydrator said to dry apples for 11 hours but they weren’t even CLOSE to being done. I made 5 batches this year and dried them all for a complete 24 hours. Of course it is important to check the apples every few hours (at least past the 12 hour mark) to be sure they are not over drying.
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8- Remove dried apples from trays and store. I stored some of my apples in food saver bags and some in quart jars using the Jar sealer attachment.FoodSaver T03-0006-02P Regular-Mouth Jar Sealer
FoodSaver T03-0023-01 Wide-Mouth Jar Sealer
Apples will last a long time (2 years or more) if they are properly stored in a vacuum sealed environment but if you want them to last even longer place them in the freezer.
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