Dried Apple Chips
I have tried peeling apples by hand and using an apple peeler, I have to say I prefer the hand peeled method that produces a perfect round center circle (punched with a cookie cutter or apple corer) and you get beautiful circle apple chips. I suppose it is a little bit of the perfectionist in me. Beautiful food makes me happy!
Ingredients
- 27 apples fresh, and ripe (6-8 pounds)
- lemon juice concentrate with a spray nozzle attached to the bottle
Instructions
- Remove all the stickers and wash the apples. Put apples in a clean sink and fill with luke-warm water and Palmolive. Palmolive and warm water work best for cleaning produce.
- Remove apples from soapy water and rinse well. Peel apples 3 at a time. Be sure to remove any brown spots. You can core them now using an apple corer. Or simply use a small cookie cutter to core the apple after slicing it.
- Using a mandoline slicer, slice the apple into medium thickness slices. Place on tray of dehydrator. Spray apple slices with lemon juice concentrate.
- Place trays in dehydrator and turn to 135° and dehydrate for 8-14 hours.
Notes
You can dehydrate these in your oven by setting oven temperature to 135°, place apple slices on a cooling rack set into a cookie sheet. Bake for 8-14 hours.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 426cal | Carbohydrates: 113g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 8mg | Sugar: 85g | Fiber: 20g | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg