Cinnamon-Lucuma Apple Chips

[Velvet]

Yummy cinnamon scented apple rings that will make your kitchen smell delicious. I use an apple/corer peeler to go faster, and it makes perfect little rings too. The cinnamon adds spiciness and the lucuma adds sweet creaminess.

Ingredients
- 6-8 sweet, firm apples (I used Fuji apples)
- 1 T powdered cinnamon
- 1 t powdered lucuma

Directions
- Peel and slice the apples into rings. An apple slicer/corer works great for this. Mix the cinnamon and lucuma together.

- Arrange the apple rings on mesh dehydrator trays. Fill a wire mesh type tea ball (or small sieve) with the cinnamon-lucuma mixture. Sprinkle all apples slices evenly and generously.

- Dehydrate at 135 degrees for an hour. The apples are so high in moisture that despite the high temperature, the evaporation process will keep the apples raw.

- After an hour, lower the temperature to 110 and let the apples dry until they no longer show signs of moisture (overnight is good).

- Store in a sealed container. If the container shows signs of condensation, the apples were not dried long enough.

[Mindy]

Thank you. These look fabulous. I have been meaning to dry some apples while they are still fairly plentiful in stores. This has inspired me to get moving.

[Velvet]

Thank you Mindy

[marykays1]

LOL, dh is an apple farmer and my kids eat dried apples all the time and I just LOOOOVE my apple/peeler-corer. Brought it to a raw-food retreat and the people there were amazed by it.

Anyway, I never thought about adding lucuma powder!!!

Thanks for the tip. Will give it a try.

Thanks for sharing.

Mary Kay

[barbarads]

Velvet, yours look great!!! I just made some yesterday and missed this post darn!I would have added lacuma..(next time). I kept the skins on. I am still not sure they are done..but so far, no moisture on the bag. I ran the D at 105, but for 12 hours or so...hoping they are ok. I did pop them back in for a few more hours, so even more "done" than my pic shows. Thanks for suggestion!! This is how mine look...plus a few more hours.



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[Velvet]

Awesome!! I took the skins off because I heard they get tough after dehydration. How did yours turn out?

[barbarads]

Hi Velvet,

I liked them. Adds a little crunch and you have to chew more, which if probably good for me anyway, but i kinda like the texture.

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