How to Make Healthy Dried Fruit Snacks

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By frisbee
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Have you ever wondered what to pack for snacks for your kids? Or ever gone on a long road trip and needed snacks that were healthy? Well, here is an easy, affordable, and healthy choice when it comes to snacks. Dried Fruit is the answer, it doesn't have to be refrigerated and it isn't messy. Try it out and you will see that this is a must!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Fresh or canned fruit
Knife
Cutting Board
Food Dehydrator
Sealable Plastic Bags

Step 1

The first thing that needs to be done, is to decide what fruits you would like to dehydrate. You should decide this based on your own preferences. You can use either fresh or canned fruit. I generally use fresh bananas, and apples, but I've found that canned apricots, peaches, and pineapple rings work best.
Step 2

If drying fresh bananas and apples, slice them around 3/8" thick. If you decide to use canned apricots, make sure that they are halved. For canned peaches, get the ones that are sliced, and for canned pineapples, use the ones that are cut into rings.
Step 3

After slicing the fresh fruits, place the slices onto a dehydrator tray evenly spaced, and in a single layer. For the canned fruits, simply open the cans, drain, and place the fruits on a dehydrator tray just as you did for the fresh fruit.
Step 4

Turn the food dehydrator on and leave running for the following approximate times: Bananas 12-16 hours; Apples 6-12 hours; Apricots 12-16 hours; Peaches 12-16 hours; and pineapples 12-20 hours (these times will vary depending on the dehydrator, as well as your own personal preference on the final texture of the fruit).
Step 5

Once dried, place the fruit into sealable plastic bags for storage.

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breadpudding said

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on 8/14/2009 I tried this from your article and it was alot cheapier than buying the already dried fruit. I will continue doing this. Thanks for the article.