Drying Apples & Trying Out A New Dehydrator! 🍎🍏🍎// Garden Answer 

Hi Laura. Am Tracy, from India. I have been watching all your videos and it truely inspired me. Through you I have developed my interest and knowledge in Gardening. Forever grateful to you. Thank you 💗

Laura makes us all want to do every single one of these things we have never done before! The sorcery she has on us! Love it. 💚

I aspire to have as much energy as you Laura. You take care of so many things in your garden and around your house. And then you go and put out a lovely baking/food video! You have so much ambition and it’s very refreshing to watch your videos every day. I hope you can feel my love and appreciation ❤️❤️❤️

Heard at Amazon Boy we’ve sold a ton of dehydrators today. I wonder what’s going on? 🤣 🍎

Me: Literally never thought of dehydrating anything, ever. *Laura posts a video* Me: "I need a dehydrator!"

I have never considered drying fruit. It looks so good. I enjoy these random videos as well.

After watching, got my dehydrators out, mandolin ✅, apples✅, water with lemon juice✅ ready to roll. Love these types of videos as well

You can order extra trays for your round dehydrators.

Laura- get those out earlier and dehydrate strawberries. You will love them, and so will the kiddos!

i love when u do vlogs like this too so relaxing to watch ure videos

I have taken up canning again this year, after a hiatus of about 20 years! Love preserving the riches of harvest for my family! Have you ever made salsa from the abundance of your garden? Soooo much better than store-bought, and such a great gift, too.

So nice to see life going along normally without all the present day fear and hysteria. Made me happy. 😊 Thank you Laura and Erin.

We started weay back when Laura was planting in the laundry basket....I love the growth may God bless you more love ❤️😍 dear

I could smell the banana bread when it came out. You brought back so many memories! Hope you enjoyed your walk like I Enjoy your videos!

I use my NESCO almost every week - love dried apples sprinkled every so slightly with cinnamon and then again with sugar LIGHTLY. They are our candy. BUT mine dries from the top down and can hold 11 trays - you may want to check your instructions to see if you can just stack them higher using just one. I LOVE my Nesco Gardenmaster but know that the square ones hold more due to the center not being off limits. We love jerky but mostly use it for dried herbs and apples and tomato flakes. Favorite thing so far is dried chopped sweet onions - use it outdoors for this one. Then once dry, I grind them in my blender and make the BEST dried onion powder for soup and other seasoning - they really taste wonderful and rich like nothing I've tasted before. Dried hot peppers is another one I love - making flakes for my own pepper flakes. YUM I do like this video so much! I've never gotten my apples past eating them within days of making them but would love to know if you ever tried re-hydrating them into pies or other desserts.

Thank you for sharing more about what we can do with our produce (whether homegrown or bought for those of us not brave enough to try fruit/veg gardening yet). When we can't do as much in our gardens, we can still do something to feel productive and provide some yummies after working hard all summer! I hope you'll continue to do more of these types of videos, especially now when it may not be as safe for you to be outside in the smokey air. I would love to know more about how you're storing produce...such as those LOVELY peppers hanging on your stove! I LOVE THAT!! Or even more recipes that you and the family enjoy with them. Thanks for all you do!

I love the food dehydrating and any other food preservation videos. It's an extension of our gardens so we can keep it with us all year, especially in the winter months.

Very interesting to see how the different dehydrators work. And loving that there's no music in the videos lately. Great editing!

Thank you Laura and Aaron. I really appreciate the close-ups and thorough instructions.

Hey y’all! I love these kinds of videos. One and I trust you and I always learn something new. 😊🧡🍎

I love this video! Reminds of my sister and how she did it every year. They were such a treat! ♥️. Thank you for sharing!

One of your videos is always a pleasure!! Have a great first week of fall my lovely lady!!🥰🥰🥰🍂🍂

We love dried apples too! I always sprinkle cinnamon over them once they’re on the tray and they’re delicious

Great video for coffee with Laura, Aaron and the first day of Fall!! Love seeing the different dehydrators as we are looking for a new one at work so this is very helpful. What a great farm stand you went to as well I think I have been thru Fruitland at some point. Thanks for the inspiration!!

This vlog came at a perfect time! I’m getting my apples in a couple of weeks and I’m looking into getting a dehydrator. Thanks for explaining the different options.

I’m glad that you’re doing the dehydrator demo. I’ve been looking for a good model. This has been very helpful.

Thank you for such varied content- you guys always create such interesting videos!

Love the chill day. Your hubby is so sweet. Chai kind of day. Oh yes. Always use slicing guard. Have done the cut. Thanks for another great video. 💝🇨🇦

Yes, I love canning and dehydrating and savoring every last drop of the garden! I do mine with an apple peeler corer very easy

I bought a dehydrator in March of this year and after one very loud day of having it sit on my kitchen counter I called my electrician and asked if he could install a plug in my pantry. On most days I hate that I have a window in my pantry but on dehydrating days it is nice to crack open that window a tiny bit, place my dehydrator on a TV tray table and shut the door. What a difference it makes. Oh and yes, I love videos like this.

You need an awesome outdoor kitchen area. You are always cooking outside.

I like how you preserve your garden and fruits and vegetables. Please keep sharing

Laura I just gotta say, love you 😂😂 when you were talking about putting the dehydrator on the counter and you just randomly pointed at the peppers 🌶 like “aren’t those pretty” and then back to your original sentence lol, and then the banana bread finishing and you randomly paying attention to that, was just so cute and relatable. You’re my hero! 😰

You are getting me so excited for fall. Love all your outdoor videos and I also love your indoor videos too 😘

My now 10 year old was gifted a dehydrator for Christmas a couple of years ago. It's never been used but after seeing how easy this is I'm thinking we may have to try it out this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration and showing us that it's not complicated at all. I'd love to see you dehydrate other foods.

Totally interested in preserving what we grow!!! Love this! I was JUST looking at dehydrators. Really want to see the follow up!

Hey Laura you can add extra trays to your nesco. I run 20 trays at a time and usually run 2 dehydraters at a time. You can also zest the lemons before you juice your lemons and dehydrate the zest. Great for baking and gifts.

That Tribest dehydrator is $727.00 Canadian. To put that in perspective, I could buy 63lbs of organic dried apple rings from the store - all work done.You'd really have to use that dehydrator alot to justify that price point. I wonder how much the electricity would cost running it for so many hours as well. Many things to consider.

Wow. Anxious to see all 3 side by side and how the outcome is. I have always been a little timid about dehydrators, so this is very interesting. Thank you.

I’m looking forward to seeing how you like these dehydrators. I’m interested in starting to Dehydrate food and herbs.

As someone who used to cook professionally for 10 years I can tell you that your fear of the mandolin is totally justified lol

Love the idea of preserving videos!I've had the same dehydrator for 22 years. Got it as a wedding gift and its still going strong!

I just purchased one for herbs. I'm so glad you did this video, I didn't know all the things you can do with it. Great video!

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy all your videos. I have been pretty much housebound for the last 3 years or so taking care of my mom at first and then my husband also for the past year. Your videos have been a lifeline for me, they are inspirational, informative and completely the highlight of my week. My husband is recovering well and I think this coming spring I will have some time to get outside and enjoy the garden again. Thanks again to you, Aaron, Benjamin and the kitties for keeping me sane, if you ever get to wondering if it's ever worth the effort, believe me when I say it is, it's so wonderful to have this to look forward to.

I have the same dehydrator that you have now, passed onto me from my dad. I love it. I agree with you, if you’re going to get all the stuff out, you want to make it worth it. One year, I dried hamburger for soups. Not something I would do again but I gave it a try. Love your show! Thanks for all the information & variety.

You can put up tp 12 trays on your Nessco. I just bought extra trays for mine.

You get more done in a day then I do in a month... And you're growing a human! I need your energy! For real you're an awesome mom and a great inspiration! All of your children will have an amazing work ethic instilled in them because if you and Aaron! 💞

I LOVE this content! I'll never preserve my own food, but I really love learning new things!! Great video!

Love the glass door. I've had an Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator for years it's big, love it. We go every fall to the orchards and buy a bushel or so of apples to dehydrate and can apple sauce, apple butter and jelly. Fall is a busy time for preserving for us.

I just purchased my first dehydrator last month. I can't wait to see you make fruit leather and I hope you show the entire process. 🍎🍏

I have been canning since I was a teen. I actually got paid to do the canning for a family friend. I have a dehydrator. I love dried fruits but have not had great success at drying them. You have encouraged me to try again.

You inspired me!! I've had an Excaliber dehydrator for several years but only used it a few times & then put it in the closet. I just made some apples but I need to slice them thicker as they were done about 4 hrs. But they were delicious and I ate almost all of them in one evening. Thank you.

When I was a little girl, we would go pick boxes of apples at the apple orchards in NC. We would have apple peeling contest of who could peel the longest strip without breaking it and the taste of a freshly dehydrated apple ring! Yummy! Also my grandmother made the best apple turnover’s I’ve ever eaten! You brought back some fond memories today! Thanks Laura for sharing! ❤️

I'd tooootally recommend the Instant Pot Air fryer 6in1! The dehydrator setting is soooo helpful and you get an air fryer too!

I love these videos you legit never know what your gonna get thank you for all this great content!!!!

I am soo inspired and will pull out my dehydrator this fall. Thanks Laura.

I will love to hear about how your new dehydrator does because I need to buy another one myself much bigger than I already have.

Laura I love how you said you burned out on canning. I have done that with various projects over the years and thought it was just me!

We have a couple of apple trees in our yard and we also dry them. Before we put the apples in the dehydrator we put cinnamon on top. When dried it is so delicious. Once you start snacking, you forget how many slices you have eaten. Great healthy snack..

If my husband hears, “but Laura from Garden Answer has one”one more time....😩

Hi Laura, my husband has 2 of those plastic dehydrators, maybe they are different brands but he got them to dry out his hot peppers and he was able to buy extra racks so he could dry more at a time in one session. Maybe apples are different but it might be something to look into. Also, the smells in your kitchen must have been heavenly, apples AND banana bread! I'm drooling just thinking about it haha!

My grandson loves dried apples and I have a dehydrator. You have motivated me to get it out of the garage!

You can also use salt water to keep your apples from browning. My mom, grandma and I use it when making apple pies and it does not effect the taste.

I’ve always wanted to dehydrate fruits for snacks. So happy to see you do this and the two different products. Now, that’s a lot of apples! Lol. Stay safe with the smoke and God bless. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

I did a giant canning season 5 years ago and took a 5 year hiatus from it as well!! I just tried dehydrating in the oven for the first time. Thanks fir the tutorial!

Interested in your comparison results. Thanks for the info. Happy Fall🍂

Just pulled out my 5th batch of dehydrated apples. Can't keep enough for the grandkids. They LOVE them. I don't have a mandolin, but after 40 + years of slicing apples, I can get them pretty even. 😊 We are blessed to have our own honeycrisp apples, and this year is a bumper crop! Yay!

I love it when you visit the garden center

So inspirational!! You make it look fun! I thought about getting a dehydrator because my grandson loves dried fruit!!

Thanks Laura, I enjoyed watching the video. Apple's look so yummy😊😊

The 'New Entryway' To The Garden Center Looks Great ! Looking Forward To Seeing All That Awaits Inside This Newly Renovated Section Of The Store.

Omg, I just realized where you are located! We have a place we vacation out that way and I am so excited to visit the business and buy some plants from you guys! Yay! Congrats on baby!

Love it!!! I was starting to think about dehydrating food, I’ve never canned and this seems more doable for me.

YUM! Of all the fruits for dehydrating, pineapple is my most favorite!!!!! I just love the way removing the moisture condenses the sugars in the fruit and they become so sweet & tasty!!! Best healthy snack ever!

Beautiful loaf of banana bread. I love the peppers hanging on oven. Maybe you could show how you threaded them and how long it will last.

Watching you , brings back memories when I was growing up. New generation don't know anything about dehydration. Fall is in the air here in Tennessee.

Love to see you “In The Kitchen”....and I was thinking how yummy that banana bread would be with my fresh cup of coffee. 🥰 🤠 🇺🇸

I love my Nesco dehydrator. Have had it for years, like you. It’s a tradition for me to make turkey jerky gifts. The dehydrator makes great tasting fruit leather too.

Bought one! Can't wait. Grandbabies will love the fruit.

I tied drying fruit this year with a dehydrator and the whole process was a pain and all the fruit spoiled. My husband and I used to dry fruit every year the first 10 years we lived on our property. We had 45 fruit trees so preserving whatever you can for later becomes handy. After my batch of fruit spoiled using a dehydrator we went back to our ole fashion way of drying using burning sulfur and the good ole sun. Worked like a charm and so yummy. I could do so much more at one time. And it was free and no messy clean up of a machine. Sometimes the old way of doing things is the best.

I like my excalibur dehydrator, can do large amounts from the garden. Has 9 shelves, great results Dehydrated tomatoes all herbs, potatoes are great use for the dehydrator, if it grows you can dehydrate, sprinkle with cinnamon too. Keeps for years when stored correctly

Thank you for including the link for your mandoline - I need a new one and that looks like a good one!

What a great way to make fruit fun to eat and less messy. Next time make Aaron do the coring! Looks like hard work.

Oh wow! Honeycrisp Apples, there is no better eating apple!!!! Stayman Windsap are my favorite for baking! I love this kind of video, really all videos that you guys put out are wonderful!

We bought a dehydrator years ago to make venison jerky. And it’s been sitting in the pantry ever since 😂 it might be time to break it out!

We’ve been dealing with smoke from all the fires here in northern Nevada as well. Grateful it’s only smoke and we’re safe here. Not so fun to be outside though. I truly enjoy everyone of your videos. Keep’m com’n!

The sliced apples would make lovely fall/Christmas ornaments.

I really enjoyed this one, Laura! You need a Pampered Chef apple peeler/ corer/slicer. It makes short work of apples!

That banana bread looked so yummy. Thanks for reminding me about dehydration. Time to go dig out my dehydrator. 😀

I just bought an Excalibur 9 tray. Dried so far: celery, cabbage, carrots, orange peels, cilantro, green onions, cauliflower, thyme, swiss chard, red bell pepper, kale, parsley, ginger and crimini mushrooms. Yum!

I think I want to try drying. I can’t believe I’ve never done it before. Thanks Laura 🤗

The style with the front door is very convenient to check all levels vs removing tiers on the old style. We mostly used ours to make dog treats but pineapple is my favorite thing to dehydrate. Tastes just like a jolly rancher.

Happy Autumn. The Honey Crisps look beautiful. My neighbor has about 200 Apple trees and it is wonderful to see them fill up. I was curious you have ever looked into freeze drying. The Harvest Right freeze dryer is so amazing. It is so nice to have all of my garden preserved. I have been freeze drying cherry tomatoes, peaches,carrots and many other things and it is like eating candy. My grandchildren love it!

Laura, there is a Kitchen Aid accessory you can buy that attaches to your stand mixer. It peels and cores at the same time and it is super fast. No fearsome mandolin 😊

I sprinkle cinnamon on my apple slices before dehydrating - yummy! I use my dehydrator so much - I dry edible flowers like rose petals, violas and violets, elderflower, dandelions, lavender etc for floral teas, I dry herbs for cooking or herbal teas, I dehydrate fruit, but the best is onion and nettles for making DIY powder base for soups/stews etc - super nutritious sand flavourful - oh and I dry mushroom slices which then store so well and are great on homemade pizzas xx

love this, I've been wanting to use my dehydrator for appple rings, now i have no excuse! I agree, mandolines are scary, you can buy kevlar gloves meant for kitchen use, no fear! Love your videos, thank you for both for information and inspiration!

I love dehydrating what works really good if you got something really sticky to put on dehydrator line your trays with parchment paper it really works miracles

I’ve been wanting to do this for a few months, but I couldn’t decide on which dehydrator I wanted. Plus I wanted to get a few Honey crisp apple trees, but that might be pushing it. Can’t wait to hear your feedback, Laura. Especially with Gardeners supply’s dehydrator. Happy Fall!! 🧡🍂💛🍁🤎

I love this video! Its very helpful. I hope you do a video on Jerky and fruit leather too. I'd love to see how you do it, and which dehydrator gets the best results.

This makes me so motivated to get into the kitchen!