Whether you have children in mind that need to eat healthier, or you are looking for a way to put more fruit into your own diet, making your own dried fruit can be a great way to get you out of a dietary rut. It can also help make sure that you are getting all the vitamins and natural sugars that are so healthy for you. The price of dried fruit can be a little high, however, and it will only be a matter of time before you realize that it is probably just as easy and cheap to dry the fruit yourself.
If you like to make jello and you are looking for a way to make an easy jello, which is both healthy and tasty, then you can use dried fruit as a topping. This also makes the jello more interesting to look at. Adding some dried fruit pieces to the sides and top of the jello cake recipe is a lot of fun and your kids will love to help you with this. Before you rush out for bananas, pears and apples, keep reading for some fruit drying tips.
The simplest way to dry your fruit is to use a food dehydrator. This allows you to control the drying speed, temperature, and everything else to dry your fruit to perfection. This machine is also able to dry your fruit without occupying valuable stove time, which is a bonus if you are busy with other things. Fruits such as pears and apples will dry at a stable 135F and come out looking and tasting wonderful, making excellent toppings for your favorite jello recipe.
If you want to dry your fruit the old fashioned way instead, this is also quite easy. First, choose your fruits. Bananas and apples are quite easy so these are good fruits to try if you are new to fruit drying. The first thing to do is to cut the fruit. The drying process works a lot faster if you cut your fruit into thin slices, although fruit of any shape will dry eventually.
Next, you need to prepare the fruit. Some fruits turn an unappetizing brown or black if they are exposed to the air for too long. To stop this from happening, you can soak them in various solutions to maintain their color. Honey and water, ascorbic acid or a fruit juice with a high level of citric acid can all work well. This should be done to any fruits before putting them in a food dehydrator too.
After you have prepared your fruit for drying, there are a few different ways in which you can dry it. You might want to thread your fruit on to a clean cotton thread and put it on a rack in the sun. Depending how juicy the fruit is this can take several days until the fruit is dried completely. You should put a cloth on the ground to catch any drips. If you do not have a lot of sun or you do not want to dry your fruit outdoors, you can use a conventional oven instead. If you want to do this, you should set down some wax paper on a cookie sheet. Arrange the fruit slices on the wax paper but do not let them touch one another. Heat the oven to 175F and leave it to cook. This will take a few hours because of the low temperature but do not turn the oven up unless you want burnt dried fruit!
Essentially, your fruit will be done whenever you feel it is good to eat, so do some experimenting, and give it a shot! This is a great and fun way to eat your fruits. - 14915
If you like to make jello and you are looking for a way to make an easy jello, which is both healthy and tasty, then you can use dried fruit as a topping. This also makes the jello more interesting to look at. Adding some dried fruit pieces to the sides and top of the jello cake recipe is a lot of fun and your kids will love to help you with this. Before you rush out for bananas, pears and apples, keep reading for some fruit drying tips.
The simplest way to dry your fruit is to use a food dehydrator. This allows you to control the drying speed, temperature, and everything else to dry your fruit to perfection. This machine is also able to dry your fruit without occupying valuable stove time, which is a bonus if you are busy with other things. Fruits such as pears and apples will dry at a stable 135F and come out looking and tasting wonderful, making excellent toppings for your favorite jello recipe.
If you want to dry your fruit the old fashioned way instead, this is also quite easy. First, choose your fruits. Bananas and apples are quite easy so these are good fruits to try if you are new to fruit drying. The first thing to do is to cut the fruit. The drying process works a lot faster if you cut your fruit into thin slices, although fruit of any shape will dry eventually.
Next, you need to prepare the fruit. Some fruits turn an unappetizing brown or black if they are exposed to the air for too long. To stop this from happening, you can soak them in various solutions to maintain their color. Honey and water, ascorbic acid or a fruit juice with a high level of citric acid can all work well. This should be done to any fruits before putting them in a food dehydrator too.
After you have prepared your fruit for drying, there are a few different ways in which you can dry it. You might want to thread your fruit on to a clean cotton thread and put it on a rack in the sun. Depending how juicy the fruit is this can take several days until the fruit is dried completely. You should put a cloth on the ground to catch any drips. If you do not have a lot of sun or you do not want to dry your fruit outdoors, you can use a conventional oven instead. If you want to do this, you should set down some wax paper on a cookie sheet. Arrange the fruit slices on the wax paper but do not let them touch one another. Heat the oven to 175F and leave it to cook. This will take a few hours because of the low temperature but do not turn the oven up unless you want burnt dried fruit!
Essentially, your fruit will be done whenever you feel it is good to eat, so do some experimenting, and give it a shot! This is a great and fun way to eat your fruits. - 14915
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