Dried Apples
These cinnamon sugar Dried Apples are perfectly chewy, sweet and absolutely amazing! Make these when apples are in season and then enjoy all Winter long!
How to Make Dried Apples
Step 1: Peel and core the apples. If you don’t have one of these apple-peeler-corer’s, I promise it is totally worth buying. Not only for this recipe, but my kids love to use it just to eat apples regularly.
Step 2: Cut down one side of the peeled, cored, and sliced apple so you have individual rings.
Step 3: Dip both sides of the apple in cinnamon sugar mixture. I used about 3 to 1 (3 Tablespoons sugar to 1 Tablespoon cinnamon)
Step 4: Arrange on a tray and dehydrate for about 6-8 hours.
Apple Picking
It is such a fun activity to pick apples with your kids. When kids see where food comes from and make a connection, they are much more likely to eat and enjoy that food. There are lots of orchards that let you come pick apples. Pick Your Own is a great site to find orchards to take your kids to pick apples.
Apple Drying Tips
- We tried cinnamon only (because why not, we like it on fresh apples)- It did not taste good on dried apples. You really need to combine it with sugar.
- This makes a sticky mess!! Even inside your dehydrator. Cover the bottom with foil to catch the syrupy sticky apple sugar drippings.
- We tried apple pie spice instead of cinnamon- DELICIOUS!!
- We tried coconut sugar with the cinnamon- SUPER STICKY! But tasted pretty good.
- Take them out before they are too dried out- the leather feeling is what we went for.
- Store in paper bags- without them being overly dry, storing in plastic bags sort of rehydrates them and they aren’t “dry” anymore.
Best Apple Varieties for Drying
Gala and Fuji: Both are sweet apples that make your dried apples taste like you’ve added sugar even when you haven’t!
Granny Smith: Granny Smiths respond well to the heat of the drying process and maintain a crispness. They are more tart than other apples and are less sweet.
McIntosh: The sugar content concentrates during the process in these apples and produces an exceptionally sweet dried apple.
Golden Delicious: Like McIntosh’s, their sugar concentrates and caramelizes during the drying process, producing a sweet, crisp dried apple.
Cinnamon Sugar Dried Apples
Instructions
- Peel and core the apples. Slice into rings or use an apple-peeler-corer-slicer.
- In a shallow bowl, mix the cinnamon and sugar together.
- Dip both sides of the apple rings in cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Arrange apple rings on a tray and dehydrate for about 6-8 hours at 160° F.
- Store in a paper bag to keep the apples crisp but slightly chewy.
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These look delicious! I might have to make some for myself! Thanks for the tasty recipe.
Mmmm, I bet that cinnamon will taste great on there! I love making dried fruit of any kind really; it’s always a quick snack after you’ve made everything and it’s healthy!
These look so delicious and they aren’t that bad for you either! My kids will love this and I won’t feel guilty when I eat them too. It also looks like something pretty simple that the kids could pitch in and help with too.
Been wanting to buy a dehydrator for ages now but never taken the final step. I have tried drying fruit in the oven at really low temperatures but it has never seemed to work out for me.
Looks like the next logical move would be to just buy a dehydrator. The dried cinnamon apples sound so tasty! 🙂
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This looks absolutely amazing. I am hooked on apple pie for my cheat meal during dessert night, going to have to give this a rip next time instead if I can get my wife on board!
That looks so good! I will definitely have to try this out. Doesn’t seem too terribly hard either.
This is one of my favorite posts of yours ever. The photography is incredible, my friend! That first picture… Wow!! You have GROWN through the years! And I love the pictures of your kids working together to make this yummy treat.
BTW–I have one of those apple peelers, if you ever want to borrow it on a whim. (unless you’ve gone and bought yourself one in the meantime)
Awww Angee- you are so sweet 🙂
And yes, I’ve bought one of those peelers since this post!
looks so good .i will try it. i have not seen where to buy dehydrator in Nigeria. can i do this with an oven or mircowave.
If you don’t have a dehydrator is there any way to adapt the recipe?
I made these last year yes they are messy but oh so good.
Did you try without any seasoning at all? Are they any good just plain?
Yes- we do both! They are delicious plain as well @stephanie.
Huh. I always just sprinkle a little cinnamon on mine and they turn out great, no sugar needed. I wonder what we do differently, or if my family just has different tastes. Love your blog!
Beth- It was almost too dry- like that dry cinnamon taste that you get if you take the “cinnamon challenge”. Perhaps when we tried it, we just used too much cinnamon.
Wendy- you could use your oven’s lowest setting for about 6 hours.
I dont have paper bags, would an air tight container work or is that similar to the plastic bags, and it “re hydrates” them?
I think it would be similar to the plastic bags Cassi- If you don’t have paper bags, I would just store them in anything, and not air-tight seal it.
Been wanting to buy a dehydrator for ages now but never taken the final step. I have tried drying fruit in the oven at really low temperatures but it has never seemed to work out for me.
Looks like the next logical move would be to just buy a dehydrator. The dried cinnamon apples sound so tasty!
I don’t have a dehydrator, could these be cooked in the oven?
Yes! I would try 225 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 ½ to 2 hours