Dried Apple Slices
Dried apples are an easy dehydrator recipe that's popular with the whole family.
Servings: 1 Pound Dried Apple Chips
Ingredients
- 10 Pounds Fresh Apples
Instructions
- Wash apples before beginning, but no need to peel (unless you want to).
- To make traditional apple chips, slice apples horizontally into thin slices, about 1/8 inch thick. (You can slice them however you want, even into shapes, triangles, wedges, sticks, whatever...so long as they're thin.)
- Arrange apples on a dehydrator sheet in a single layer, leaving space between each slice.
- (Dehydrator) Set the dehydrator to 135 to 140 degrees and dehydrate for 8 to 12 hours. When finished, the apples should be dry to the touch but still pliable.
- (Oven) To dehydrate apples in the oven, set the oven as low as it will go (usually 170 degrees F) and turn on the convection fan (if you have one). Place apples up on trays to allow good airflow all around. Check them regularly, and flip if necessary. They should dehydrate in around 2 to 4 hours in the oven.
Notes
Yield
Ten pounds of apples will dehydrate down to roughly 1 pound of dried apples.Dehydrating Time
Total dehydrating time depends on ambient humidity, and apples will dehydrate slower when it's more humid. Be sure to adjust your expectations for dry time based on the ambient humidity, which can vary considerably based on your location:- 10 to 30% Humidity: 7 Hours
- 31 to 50% Humidity: 9 Hours
- 51 to 70% Humidity: 11 Hours
- 71 to 80% Humidity: 13 Hours
- Above 80% Humidity: 15 Hours