Apple leather
We had purchased some eating apples from costco that tasted like crap, so I decided to use them instead to make some apple leather. The idea was to mix the new apples with some of the old canned applesauce that I had up at the farm. I really like fruit leather in that it is convenient to take as a snack to work and greatly shrinks the space needed to preserve the fruit.
I did a number of estimates to get an idea of the caloric value of apple leather. My best estimate is about 83 Cal/oz. This is a bit higher than what is referenced in some databases. I am considering mixing the apples with pumpkin or squash to lower the calorie count but keep the flavor non-squashy!
Here are some pictures of the apple-leather process.
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| This leather took a while to dry. I set it to 125F for 23 hours. I think I added some time though. |
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| I read this label and realized that the canned applesauce from 2014 had a batch that I had burned! We will see how this turns out! Hopefully it won't be too bad. Mising weird tasting new apples with burned applesauce. Yeah, that sounds promising! |
More hickory shelling
I worked on shelling more hickory nuts while the apple-leather dehydrated.
