Dehydrated mixed fruit with almonds
Are you interested in a healthy snack? Well, I am spending the day dehydrating mixed fruit to make a highly healthy and snack-able treat. Once the fruit is fully dehydrated, I will mix it with almonds, then store the fruit mix in vacuum-sealed mason jars.
I enjoy having a healthier snacking option throughout the day. Even though I enjoy baking and making homemade candy, I crave the wholesome, sweet goodness of mixed fruit with a crunch of almonds, pecans, or walnuts.
Mixed dehydrated fruit snack ingredients:
3 peaches, sliced
8 plums, sliced
3 tangerines, peeled and segmented
3 apples, cored and sliced
½ cup of lemon juice, for soaking the fruit in (You can use any type of acidic fruit juice for this.)
1 cup of almonds, walnuts, pecans, or any other type of nut that you prefer
Instructions:
First, wash and prepare all the fruits. I like leaving the peelings on the peaches, plums, and apples, but they can also be peeled if that's what you prefer.
Slice the peaches, plums, and apples. (I prefer to slice my peaches and plums a bit thicker than the apple slices. However, the extra thickness will make the dehydrating time somewhat longer.) Peel the tangerines, then pull them apart in segments.
Next, pour the lemon juice, or whichever type of citrus juice you prefer, into a bowl and toss your prepared fruit into the juice. Allow the fruit to soak in the juice for a few minutes.
Place the fruit on your dehydrating trays, spacing each sliced piece at least a half inch apart. You can use silicone trays and mats to make cleaning your dehydrator easier.
Set your dehydrator temperature to 135 degrees F and place the trays of fruit inside.
Dehydrating times will vary; some of the fruit will be finished dehydrating by around six hours, while other pieces will need to dehydrate longer. However, this mixed fruit shouldn't take much longer than fifteen hours to dehydrate.
Once your mixed fruit is fully dehydrated, transfer it to a bowl, add in the nuts. Allowing the dried fruit mix to cool helps prevent mold from forming on it. Once your fruit mix has cooled, transfer it to airtight jars, or Ziploc bags.
Enjoy snacking on your sweet, but wholesomely healthy, dehydrated fruit mix. Don't forget every now and again to shake your jars or bags of dehydrated fruit to keep the pieces from sticking together.
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