
The process takes about fifteen hours in this “commercial” dehydrator. Once sealed in a plastic bag these will keep an incredibly long time. This batch is about half done. Thank you, Jehovah Jireh, (God our Provider)!

Above is a shot of the honey crisp tree this spring. I have been picking apples off of this tree all season to prevent it from overloading the branches. The tree is about ten years old. This is the first season that we have really had a bumper crop.
Honey crisps are wonderful – how do they hold up being dehydrated? Decent taste? More crisp than chewy?
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They taste wonderful! The 15 hours of dehydration makes them more crispy than chewy. Less time would leave them more chewy.
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What a fine looking apple tree! Do you call them apple chips then like potato chips? Same texture if not flavor?
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Dehydration concentrates the sugar. They end up with a very sweet flavor. We do call them apple chips. They are not as crisp as potato chips. But they are addictive. The trick is to not eat seven apples worth in one go.
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Haha! A very real temptation I bet! Sounds good though.
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John,
I think heaven will be like the Garden of Eden and we’ll all have work to do just like Adam and Eve did – good, God-glorifying, satisfying, useful work. I often joke with my family that what I want is to be the caretaker of an orchard. I would hope the Honeycrisp variety would be among the apple section of the orchard! They are so good, and I just bought half a dozen earlier this evening.
Good work.
Chaplain Dan
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I am out on business travel next week, but I’ll bring you a sample when I get back.
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You got it all going on – personal dehydrated honey crisp apples – I’ll be right over…never mind you are on a business trip…I’ll help myself…what? NO TRESPASSING, Officer, I know the owner, we go way back. Way back to this past May. He said I could come and get how ever much I wanted. What? I’m a liar? You’re a liar? I’ll kick your…OOh, the back of this car is nice. What did you say officer? I’ll be getting free room and board soon and my own bed with a very thin mattress? My family can come visit me anytime? You are so sweet sir, and thank you for these bracelets. Could we paint them green? That’s my favorite color. Yes I do think they would go good with the orange outfit you will be giving me. Very fashionable.
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Ha! Could you pick the pears before you are picked up?
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I’ll do my best.
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We do the same Jon. Lately I have been turning our apple sauce into apple leather.
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Jon, I’m jealous! Having an apple tree is one of our dreams!
Enjoy your delicious dehydrated apples!
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You need at least two, for pollination.
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I’m impressed, Jon. We’ve never thought to make our own.
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We now have fourteen one-gallon Ziplock bags of apple chips, not counting a couple that I have given away. It is a lot of labor, but it does keep all those apples from going to waste.
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Those apple chips looks delicious. Do you sell them?
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I haven’t sold any Beverly but have given some away.
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Great 👍
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