I actually finished loading up the dehydrator about the time you posted. The apples were a bit spongy, but peeled easier than I expected and the mandolin did a fine job. I’ll report back tomorrow in case it’s helpful to someone else in the future.

itsmce, I'll watch for your results, we have 3 Red Delicious trees and one Wolf River tree and sometimes the apples get ahead of me. This would be a good use for those apples, and for the ones that have blemishes in/on parts, but portions are still good. I make apple butter and apple sauce and apple jelly and a lot go into the cider press, but somehow I always have more.

Annie

As long as they're not rotten, old apples can be used for any kind of cooking imo.

Worked out just fine! These would have not been pleasant apples to eat raw, but dehydrated, they’re just fine!

I sprinkled a little cinnamon sugar on some of them. I didn’t think of that until they’d been going for about an hour.

Ohh, I like the cinnamon idea. Gotta remember that for next fall. Glad the apples dehydrated well for you. I love dried apples.

I agree with naturegirl, I like the cinnamon sugar addition too. My dehydrated apples are mostly used for making Elery's Mom's Apple Stack Cake, it's a Christmas tradition for his family.

Annie