In this article we will show you how to make these healthy and simple snacks for your family and be sure that your children are going to adore them. The fruitsare full of many vitamins that protect us fromdiseases, so consuming them is very important. If you have a food dehydrator at your home, do not hesitate and make your own healthy fruit snacks assoon as possible. Here we will present you some cool tips for healthy domestic dried fruit snacks. Your whole family, and especially your kids will just adore these tasty cute fruit snacks. They are an ideal choice for the children while they are at school or out playing with their friends. The carbohydrates and vitamins in the dehydrated fruit snacks will give your kids the boost of energy they need to enjoy their day to the maximum and will also keep them strong and healthy too.
First you have to wash the fruit thoroughly and cut it into equally thick slices (an egg slicer can be very helpful with this). After slicing the fruit, place the slices in the domestic fruit tray of the food dryer, sprinkle them with lemon juice and sugar or cinnamon sugar, and leave them to dry.
Dehydrated Oranges:
In order to make dehydrated oranges, you need first to peel them off and cut them in equal thin slices using a knife or a mandolin slicer. Then place them on the dehydrator trays.
Dehydrated Kiwi:
First wash the kiwi fruit and peel them off. Cut the kiwi in equally thin slices, with a mandolin slicer or knife. Next and final,just arrange the slices on the dehydrator trays.
Dehydrated Apples:
First wash the apples, peel them with a knife, remove the core and cut them in equally thin slices. Dip the slices in acup of lemon juice to prevent them ofbecoming brown. You can also drizzle them with cinnamon and cover them with honey.
Dehydrated Bananas:
If you want to make fruit snack with dried bananasthe best thing to do is to cut them in thicker slices. You can also place them in half a cup of lemon juice, arrange them on the dehydrator trays and cover them with honey which will make them even more delicious. Then leave them to dry.The average time for drying fruit in the oven is about 8 hours. However, this varies and depends on the thickness of the fruit slices, therefore try and make the fruit pieces as equally thin as you can. The thinner the fruit slices, the shorter the drying time. If you do not own a food dryer you can prepare this snack in a hot air oven. The best option for storage of the dried fruit is in sealed glass jars. Seal the caps tightly and store them in a dark place.
