This Dehydrated Apricots recipe is a great way to enjoy preserved fresh fruit over an extended period of time. Dried apricots have amazing health benefits and a great way to add fiber to the diet.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
✔️ Dried apricots are a great part of the daily diet, offering a good source of vitamin A, Iron, and fiber.
✔️ The drying process takes only 24 hours so you will have delicious dried apricots fast!
✔️ It is more budget friendly to make your own dehydrated fruit than to buy it in the store.
🥘 Ingredients
Fresh apricots, fresh apricots are sweet, golden in color, and give slightly when lightly squeezed.
Lemon juice helps to preserve the apricots
Granulated sugar (optional), for added sweetness.
🔪 Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the water, lemon juice, and sugar (if using). Stir until sugar has dissolved.
- Cut each apricot in half and remove the pits and place apricot halves in the lemon water. Soak for 10 minutes.
- Remove the apricots from the lemon water and lay flat on a paper towel lined baking sheet, skin side down.
- Using a paper towel, pat the apricots dry then press down the halves with the palm of your hand until they are flat.
- Arrange the apricot halves on dehydrator trays in a single layer allowing air flow to circulate around the apricots.
- Dry apricots at 135 degrees for 24 hours.
🥄 Equipment
Cutting board
Chef knife
Large bowl
Baking sheet
Food dehydrator
Glass jar for storage
🥫Storage
Store dehydrated apricots in an airtight glass container up to 6 months in the pantry or up to 1 year in the fridge or freezer.
📖 Variations
- Use orange juice in place of lime just for the apricot soak.
💭 Tips
- Purchase ripe apricots that are ripe or slightly underripe. There should be golden yellow with no green or brown spots and they should give slightly when lightly squeezed.
🙋 FAQ's
Sulphured apricots are dried apricots treated with sulphur dioxide used to extend the shelf life of the dried fruit. These apricots are all natural with no preservatives.
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🍽 Serve with...
These dried apricots are excellent on their own or when added to granola, can be baked into cookies, and added as topping to yogurt or ice cream.
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📖 Recipe
Dehydrated Apricots
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Ingredients
- 20 fresh apricots , halved and pitted
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 4 cups water
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the water, lemon juice, and sugar (if using). Stir until sugar has dissolved.
- Cut each apricot in half and remove the pits and place apricot halves in the lemon water. Soak for 10 minutes.
- Remove the apricots from the lemon water and lay flat on a paper towel lined baking sheet, skin side down.
- Using a paper towel, pat the apricots dry then press down the halves with the palm of your hand until they are flat.
- Arrange the apricot halves on dehydrator trays in a single layer allowing air flow to circulate around the apricots.
- Dry apricots at 135 degrees for 24 hours.
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