Dehydrating Apples with Cinnamon and Sugar

Name: Dehydrating Apples with Cinnamon and Sugar
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 30 min
Yield: Yield varies depending on number of apples used.
Ingredients: Fresh apples; Cinnamon and sugar shaker (if you don't have one you can mix it in a bowl and pinch it to sprinkle it on the apples. I do about 75% cinnamon/25% sugar mixture)

by Debra · Published October 23, 2017 · Updated January 1, 2020

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This weekend I have been dehydrating apples with cinnamon and sugar. It is such a yummy and (relatively) healthy snack. You may have figured out by all of my recent apple recipes that we have lots of apples at our house right now, so we are doing lots of food preservation!

Dehydrating Apples with Cinnamon and Sugar

(By the way, when you are done making this recipe, be sure to check out some other ways to preserve apples in my How to Preserve Apples for Food Storage post!)

Let’s get started!

Cinnamon Sugar Apples Ingredients

Fresh apples
Cinnamon and sugar shaker (if you don’t have one you can mix it in a bowl and pinch it to sprinkle it on the apples. I do about 75% cinnamon/25% sugar mixture)

How to Make Cinnamon Sugar Apples in the Dehydrator

First, wash the apples. You do not need to blanch them.

You will need to peel, core, and slice them thinly. I have found the best method for doing that is to use a peeler/corer/slicer. It makes that a fast and easy task!

If you are hand slicing your apples, it is important to know that the slices should be as uniform in thickness as possible so that they dry evenly. The slices should be about 3/8 inch thick and should not be placed so that they overlap or are too close together on the dehydrator trays to allow air circulation.

If your apples are damp, patting them dry with a paper towel will decrease the time needed to dehydrate them. Place them on the dehydrator trays. You should leave at least 1/4 inch space around the food pieces.

You can dehydrate just one tray, or several. If I am dehydrating more than one tray of apples, I stack the trays. That way any cinnamon and sugar that doesn’t stick to the apples on the first tray falls down to the apples on the second trays, and so on.

If you put some parchment paper under all of the trays any cinnamon and sugar that falls all the way through can be recycled after you separate the trays and then used again on any spots on the apples that get missed (see the video later in this post!)

Dehydrate them in your food dehydrator for 6-8 hours at 140 degrees.

If they will not be eaten within the week, you should ideally vacuum seal them to keep them fresh and then toss them in the freezer. They make great snacks for when you are on the go, camping, or just want a healthier snack right at home!

Here’s a quick little video that breaks it all down for you:

Dehydrating Apples with Cinnamon and Sugar

Yield: Yield varies depending on number of apples used.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 8 hours

Total Time: 8 hours 30 minutes

Dehydrated apples with cinnamon and sugar are one of our favorite healthy snacks. If they will not be eaten within the week, you should ideally vacuum seal them to keep them fresh and then toss them in the freezer. They make great snacks for when you are on-the-go, camping, or just want a healthier snack right at home!

Ingredients

Fresh apples
Cinnamon and sugar shaker (if you don't have one you can mix it in a bowl and pinch it to sprinkle it on the apples. I do about 75% cinnamon/25% sugar mixture)

Instructions

Wash the fresh apples. You do not need to blanch them.
You will need to peel, core, and slice them thinly. I have found the best method for doing that is to use a peeler/corer/slicer. It makes that a fast and easy task!
If you are hand slicing your apples, it is important to know that the slices should be as uniform in thickness as possible so that they dry evenly. The slices should be about 3/8 inch thick and should not be placed so that they overlap or are too close together on the dehydrator trays to allow air circulation.
If your apples are damp, patting them dry with a paper towel will decrease the time needed to dehydrate them. Place them on the dehydrator trays. You should leave at least 1/4 inch space around the food pieces.
Now when I sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar on, I stack the trays. That way any cinnamon and sugar that doesn't stick to the apples on the first tray falls down to the apples on the second trays, and so on. if you put some parchment paper under all of the trays any cinnamon and sugar that falls all the way through can be recycled after you separate the trays and then used again on any spots on the apples that get missed. (see the video below!)
Dehydrate them for 6-8 hours at 140 degrees.
Store in a tightly sealed container.

Notes

If they will not be eaten within the week, you should ideally vacuum seal them to keep them fresh and then toss them in the freezer. They make great snacks for when you are on-the-go, camping, or just want a healthier snack right at home!