Apricot Apple Leather

After dehydrating several batches of apple leather, I moved on to apricot-apple leather.  It was so delicious that I want to record what I did.  Use apricots - about 10-12 washed, pitted and trimmed.  Put into Vitamix container.  Fill the rest of the container with washed, cored, trimmed and quartered apples.  Puree.  Pour onto the dehydrator sheets.  They took about 18 hours or so to dry, which was much longer than the apple leather.  It could be due to being thicker, but I think part of the issue was the apricots being more watery and less pectin-y.  (Is that even a word?)  Anyway, it tastes fabulous!

Apple leather and dried fruit

The apple supply this year is beyond my energy for canning it into applesauce, so I got out the dehydrator.  I've made several loads of apple leather and dried fruit.  I have a 7-tiered commercial dehydrator with a fan in the middle.  There are 4 sheets that can do apple leather, so if I want to run the dehydrator full, I need to add in some dried fruit.

For the apple leather I simply wiped the sheets with olive oil on a tissue to provide a little non-stick help.  I washed, cored, trimmed, and quartered the apples before pureeing them in the Vitamix and pouring/spooning it onto the trays.  About 2 full VM containers of apples yields enough for the 4 trays of leather.

For the dried fruit I sliced apple thinly (less than the thickness of the puree in the tray) and put them on the drying trays.  I also put in some apricot slices and banana slices to dry.  The dried banana ended up being a family favorite along with the apple leather.