Dehydrating Apples Plus Storing and Using

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[@MistressQueenBee]

Heidi, I understand that the big Y is being hard on your channel, but I pray for you and your knowledge to continue to be disseminated to us and the youngsters that want to learn. I love to learn from your years of experience, YT is the only way I know how to get it right now. (at 72, it's a bit tougher to learn new social media ways...) Please know I care and bless the day I found you.

[@mrscaldwell3147]

Thank you always have great information stand your ground with YT Heidi; God has your back!

[@GreenfieldsHomeplace]

Heidi, your videos never disappoint. It was me and my apples all day today! I don’t have apple trees, but we have a local orchard nearby. I made applesauce, freeze dried slices, used all the scraps to make ACV and apple scrap jelly. Oddly enough, I didn’t dehydrate any BUT what a great idea if I had extra to use later. I also kept the apple ‘mush’ from cooking them down for jelly (before adding sugar) and will give them to my chickens and compost worms. Nothing goes to waste and it’s a good feeling. You’re an amazing teacher of so many things, and I appreciate all of your knowledge over the years!

[@valerieescabi6104]

Hi Heidi, God is good all the time. Hallelujah.❤❤❤

[@americaneden3090]

Good morning, friend. Thank u so much for sharing!🩵 I desperately need to dehydrate my apples & pumpkins in storage. This is my motivation to get it done!

[@sandijammes7761]

Goid morning Heidi! I just love your videos. For me... they range from: Wow! that's interesting, to hey us she reading my mind?? 😂 Thanks for all you do to put good info out there for us. God bless you & Patrick 🙏🙏

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I just dehydrated my turkey scrapes from Thanksgiving thanks to your videos... It turned out crispy just like you said...I love it!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I just jarred up my dried turkey and bone broth yesterday as well :)

[@audreychamberlain]

Me too..left over Turkey dehydrated.

[@WendyLKoc]

Heidi, we use our apple slices in my husband's pancake, waffles. I have used them to make apple slices too. Heidi, thank you for another great teaching video. Thank you, Heidi, for another Great video.

[@debichats8634]

My husband (and I) are both addicted to dehydrated apples as a snack! He brings home apples from the store and I take care of the rest! He brought different kinds….I didn’t separate the varieties…..now, he wants them separated and labeled as to what kind they are….LOL (Yes, he’s a “bit” OCD!) Thank you for all your information, and I too love the little things to make the colors pop and your displays….You do things the right way and we all appreciate your work! ❤️

[@marygrott8095]

When I recently made an apple crisp, I wanted to find a way to use the skins, other than composting them. I decided to dehydrate the skins and then powder them. I combined that powder with some cinnamon, and it was so good. I'm actually thinking of making some for a Christmas gift for my son.

[@jeas4980]

What a wonderful idea! We keep a sugar cinnamon mix for toast, oatmeal and sweet potatoes... I imagine your apple powder skins would be a fantastic flavor to add! Thank you. I do something similar with tomato skins which I powder and use in soups.

[@alicerafferty9595]

How did you use your apple cinnamon powder? Did you cut your peels into smaller pieces so they dried evenly?

[@marygrott8095]

​@@alicerafferty9595, yes, I cut the peels into smaller slices, though I didn't concern myself with making sure they were evenly sliced. I use the powder in yogurt and smoothies. I didn't add sugar to it because I liked it with just the cinnamon added.

[@alicerafferty9595]

@@marygrott8095 Thank you! It is always nice to use the whole fruit. I have made vinegar with the peels.😊

[@belieftransformation]

Great ideas & methods for using the dehydrated fruits! I appreciate your channel so much! 🤗💗🇨🇦

[@joycewedel9084]

Ty. Easiest way to use dehydrated apples for applesauce for Mom's who don't have time to make a pie.

[@rogers3142]

When we store our dehydrated goods in jars i include a teaspoon of salt inside to prevent any fluctuating moisture. We also save and dehydrate our old pits and cores from fruit and use them in our smoker, ex cherries, peaches, nectarines. Godbless y'all from the Arkansas yonder

[@teresahoye6477]

I have an apple peeler like yours, I use mine every time I dehydrate apples. Makes cutting apples so easy.

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

Thank you Heidi! Great ideas! 👍 Blessings! 💜

[@elaineewart6640]

Thank you for showing about dehydrating apples. Great info

[@tripletfeb4034]

Love dehydrating foods! I also make apple cider vinegar with apples from my dad's tree. Dehydrated apples are so good

[@raegem9392]

Our apple trees produced a lot of apples this year! I dehydrated a lot of them, I made an apple crisp in my crock pot. Thank you for all of your ideas on how to use the dehydrated apples 🍎

[@theamazingmg6947]

Thanks so much for sharing your useful tips with us my lovely friend ❤

[@debrabeghtol4332]

Vinegar from dried fruit! Herb! 🎉

[@monagriggs6352]

Heidi thank you so much for all this great information, God bless 🥰🥰

[@dalegaa4094]

Thank you for the ways to use dried apples. I will be trying some of them.

[@growjoyfullyhomestead]

Thanks Heidi! Love and support!❤

[@lifeofamil-wife]

I love dehydrated fruit. I am dehydrating tomatoes right now.

[@jenniferarndt5373]

Great content, Heidi. Thanks so much ❤

[@audreychamberlain]

Doing more dehydrating apples today. I will be looking for a pumpkin video shortly, im sure you have one. 😊

[@gracechadi]

Thank you for sharing Heidi!

[@monagriggs6352]

Gorgeous apples 🥰

[@mariem5990]

Great video. Thank you Heidi. 🍎❤

[@karenpolzin8297]

Thank you Heidi, that was the hard part about learning to freeze dry, freeze dried items need to go into jars/mylar warm as they absorb moisture if you don't. Which went against everything I knew about dehydrating.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

That would not make sense putting them in warm. Even with the freeze dried goods I have purchased from Mother Earth Products, once I open them, I vacuum seal into jars to prevent then from going stale and to stay crisp. They are always cold when I do this and it works.

[@jeas4980]

Thank you, Heidi. So far I've been pretty unadventurous with my dehydrated apples... I put them in oatmeal. But I appreciate your tip about using them in vinegar making. My favorite vinegars are the ones with raisins, cran raisins, and dates added.. I imagine the dry apples would be a fantastic addition.

[@huasonshine4120]

Thank you Heidi !! I have to hyde my apples if i want to store some.. my (grown) kids can empty a jar in no time, at least til they go from crispy to limp :) then I can finally have some for oatmeal, pancakes and granola bars.. I have not tried making an apple pie from them but oddly the same kids don't like apple pie.. but do like fried apples (stirfried in butter and carmelized with a bit of sugar)

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

I love the apple peeler/ corer. Apples don’t grow here so they have to be bought from the store. I wonder how it would work with potatoes? The “core” of the potato could be cubed, and all could be dehydrated? Has anyone tried this? I have to say it every time I see the vacuum sealer- I love mine!! Your fried apple pies look like my great grandma’s and brought up great memories. Many Blessings!!

[@sharrilswindle752]

If you make hand pies with the dried apples , would you please be able to do a video on it? They looked so good! I also like that we can use any juice to rehydrate..I know amish they do a Snitz pie .wow delicious .an amish family I worked for about a year ..we exchanged my service for foods they produced, it was wondeful .The wife gave me a Snitz Pie she had made about 30 of them for a function .It was such a wonderful pie.and not extremely sweet either ..they use dried apples .I was under impression they don't fully rehydrate before .she called it also dry apple pie..I have to look in to it again .she gave me a recipe .finding it after moving and so much life is another story.

[@shelleymitchell7912]

i saw it i saw it when you turned your head love the combo sista you never get it wrong x

[@maria_w311]

Hi Heidi 👋🏻 I love my apple slicer, peeler, corer. I wish they made one tiny enough for my crabapples. 😂

[@culdesacgrocerygarden]

I really notice and appreciate how much planning goes into your videos, down to the smallest details including color coordinating your Appearance to the topic at hand❤. I have gotten dehydrated apples from Azure Standard for the last 3 or 4 years and they are usually gummy feeling and stick to each other. Is that what your apple slices are like or are they completely dry and crispy?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Thank you for noticing the extra details many do not pay attention to. I am funny about planning out what I wear and making sure that the videos vary enough in color according to those that publish close to them. It is kind of silly but I love how it makes my page pop with color. The crispness of the apple really depends on the sugar content and how dense the apple is to begin with. A less sweet apple will be more likely to turn crispy when dried but then so does an apple that is pretty porous before drying. I have had some turn out more leathery and some more crisp.

[@culdesacgrocerygarden]

@@RainCountryHomestead thank you for the explanation!

[@kristikey8320]

I have a dehydrator full of granny smiths, and more to follow)

[@chrismaryb.7409]

Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤❤

[@janicemattos6326]

I have a lions share of apples this year as well. Have just gotten on a roll with a new dehydrator, (Magic Mill 11 tray). I thought it was awesome for the first 4 batches. then with a full load yesterday it quit heating😡 So frustrated ! I have so much more to do. Removed them from the trays and froze them, hope they will be usable for something . As always , appreciate all of your knowledge ❤ thank you!

[@sgmarr]

On Apple subject? I crossed a vid on making Apple Syrup, that doesn't spoil at room temp. Old fashioned way to have syrup, other than maple kind. I am going to try that, but you start was cider.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

All true syrups, which can be made from just about anything, will stay good at room temperature due to the sugar content. I even make spruce tip syrup

[@monagriggs6352]

Hey Heidi 🥰

[@tracipapp8698]

Thank you for the wonderful ideas! I have one of your sealer canisters. Been using it for almost 2 yrs & love it!

[@annhendrick8681]

Hiedi, I purchased some dried apples from Azure. Everyone was talking about how good they were for snacking so I said to myself I’m just going to get a small bag and try them. Oh My, I got them and they were not crisp or crunchy. These were like rubber. I said oh my surely that’s not what everyone is raving about! I don’t think I could do anything but maybe make a pie or something maybe cook down for butter or like you said make vinegar. Absolutely not for snacking lol!!!

[@mollysmith6055]

Thank you for all these ideas, I've got several half gallon jars of dehydrated apples going unloved.

[@margaretpollard2179]

👍

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

Peeling anything really hurts my arthritic hands for some reason. I now have great muscle rub thanks to you but then have to wear surgical gloves so the muscle rub doesn’t get on produce. lol.

[@jengoods2246]

❤

[@TheSunRiseKid]

I wish I was your neighbor for apples!! Ha! I’m gonna go back and watch your Apple tree video. I know I’ve seen it in there to figure out what kind it is. If you see this question and have time to answer what kind of apple trees do you have?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I know our young tree is a Gravenstein as we bought that one ourselves but am unsure of the old one as it was here when we got this place in 1989

[@TheSunRiseKid]

@@RainCountryHomestead thanks for responding. I’m gonna put that on my list😊🌱

[@dorothyfu7540]

Heidi: about your apple tree... How many apple trees do you have? and do you spray them with anything to reduce bug damage? Or do you have issues with bugs? Thanks for sharing your many uses of apples.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

We have two apple trees and never spray them. Growing mints around the base does help keep the ants and aphids off of them though

[@lindaseikkula2296]

I got one of the round Dehydrators about 3 years ago like what you have. I've never used it. The special top wasn't with it. You have to have that right? And it is separate and kinda expensive isn't it?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If the heater and fan are in the top, yes, you need that, it is the most important part. Was it purchased new?

[@debbiecasalina4475]

Heidi, do you have to vacuum seal the jars? I've seen one lady say as long as it's air tight your food is good, what is your take on this? Thanks so much!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

For apples it is not as important as it is for meats but I still recommend it as it will help them hold their flavor and freshness for much longer. This is why I vacuum seal everything, even those things where it is not as necessary

[@NancySutherland]

Heidi, I have made the apple powder and the pumpkin powder following your instructions. My question is if you are following a recipe and it asked for a certain amount of purred pumpkin or applesauce, do you take that amount of water and keep adding the powder? I did that and although it tasted good, it used an insane amount of powder. Any guidance on this? Thanks.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I would say start with just a little less water than that then add the powder until the proper thickness

[@NancySutherland]

@@RainCountryHomestead thanks so much! The flavor is there, but I don’t want to use too much, for sure 😊

[@NewYorkJennifer]

I've dried all of my apple peels this year.I know they can be used for tea, but is there anything else?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Powder and use for flavoring in just about anything or use as is for making vinegar

[@shelleymitchell7912]

hey sista no matching hair tie ? x

[@sarahgrooms5606]

I am trying to switch off of my thyroid medication to herbs. What do you use for your thyroid health?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Here are the videos we have done on that, first one is from 2018: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqDNaIaeaduBfbs This one is from 2022: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH-rfmOrnJ2ZbMU

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

After 3 jars of broth and 2 jars of relish having to be thrown out, I won't use tattler lids anymore.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If you mean for canning, it is important to understand how to use them correctly, the steps are very simple but just different than metal lids: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKe9XoRretWtfdU But for vacuum sealing, metal is best.

[@tinak8081]

Not sure if I'm lucky or cursed today..3rd time I like a video I watched and 666 is the number of likes once I liked it...yikes

[@debrabeghtol4332]

A few of my bills recently have had 3 sixes in a row. The enemy is trying to frighten me with a number. Must be doing something right 🙃

[@user-uz8sn1qv8y]

darlin, you talk an awful lot without saying much anymorer! lots of repeating. also, you promised a link to the video on making the DH rack, but i sure dont see it!! i feel like you never really show what you are talking about, not in any detail anyway. there arer no links to the rack, the vacuum chamber or any others that you mention. the only link says 'videos' maybe that's it i will try. well, that just takes us to your page of all videos. i do see the recipe links tho. just not the 'crafty' ones

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Here is something you may need to realize: I am only human just like you but you and putting these videos together and uploading them and then TRYING to remember every single link I mention is a lot of work. Also, the reason I "talk a lot" is to share the information I know at least SOME my other 364,000 plus subscribers will need as I have been doing this long enough to know the kind of questions people will ask. Just because you do not need or like the side dish at your free meal you were offered does not give you right to be so ungrateful. Thank you at least for letting me know of the links I missed so I could get them put int he description box so you can go find them there now. Make sure you click on "More..." just below the video screen to find all those links And please, if you are gaming to continue to insult me and my many hours of hard work that you paid nothing for, stop calling me "darlin"

[@user-uz8sn1qv8y]

@@RainCountryHomestead you are absolutely right! i apologize, i was having a terrible health day, and shouldnt have said anything. i hope you forgive me, at least you are out there trying, while i am home, just trying to survive. if you wont delete my comment after you read this, i will be happy to. i just shouldnt post anything when i am sick and in pain. again ,you are right, i should have just nudged politely about the 'missing links'. forgive me, but know i am having a somewhat better day today, so far, and sincerely hope you are too. sorry

[@user-uz8sn1qv8y]

@@RainCountryHomestead and thank you for taking the time to respond to me, and remind me of being polite online!! seriously....i am shamed. i can only blame my illness, and beg forgivness.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@@user-uz8sn1qv8y Wow, that was both surprising and refreshing, I get a lot of people that can be so rude and most either ignore me when I reply or get more rude, it is so rare anyone takes the time to apologize. I will also apologize if I came across too harsh in my reply. I absolutely forgive you and thank you so much for that.

[@user-uz8sn1qv8y]

@@RainCountryHomestead iwould also like to say, i was actually unkind to you. i want to be kind, always. it's gets very difficult when i am in pain. i get impatient, and difficult. apparently this is my new life. and well, you were harsh, but you were speaking from the hurt i caused, i deserved it. i was rude. i accept your apology also, not that i deserved it. i am recently trying to find god in my life, i have had faith always, but never god. whatever god is, god IS good, and i am trying to make that connection. hopefully that will help me to cope and be kind. thank you for all your time, i have been subscribed for a long time, and i do appreciate what you do for all of us. 'darlin' :)