One of the things I have been wanting to focus on is drying my own food. Hopefully in a few years I will be able to dry the fruit that I grow, but for now I have been experimenting with drying the fruit I get at the store. I started by drying kiwi, which worked but still has some kinks to work out (I will share as soon as I figure it out). Banana chips are the second thing I tried to dry - with much more success!! I tried doing them for different ways: plain, with lemon water, with honey and lemon water and (finally) with maple syrup and cinnamon with lemon water. All of them are really good!! I read a lot of different people used the lemon water to keep them from browning while drying - I did not notice a difference between the ones I left plain and the ones I used lemon water with. As for measuring things - I didn't, I just added as much as i thought would work to the lemon juice (hint: there is no wrong amount) Also, I didn't have lemon juice so I actually used a fizzy lemon water drink I had (no sugars or anything are added to it so it's pretty much the same thing but with bubbles lol). The banana chips took about 6 hours to dry in my dehydrator. Be aware that they wont get crunchy like the ones at the store - but they are healthier and very tasty!! These were such a smashing success - Eric no longer wants to buy dried fruit but have me do it instead...oops lol I just added to my own work load!
I'm gonna start apple chips today, I'll post about how it goes soon!
Have a great day!
Beth
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