Dehydrating Hawaii Mountain Apples

Aloha!  Why, yes, those are MORE mountain apples in the bowl.  Yesterday I blogged about Juicing Hawaii Mountain Apples.  To be honest, folks, I am appled-out and hopefully this will be it, for a while.

Our daughter, Miss Scarlett , lives in NY.  Because of the distance, she is mountain-apple deprived.  They are too perishable to ship. I decided that I would dehydrate this batch and send them to her.  

I began by making a simple syrup, which is just one part sugar to one part water.  I like to dip fruits into a simple syrup before I dehydrate them, because it adds a touch of sweetness and keeps the colors looking nice.  Anyway, to make the simple syrup, bring the sugar and water to a boil and stir until the sugar is dissolved.  Next, I sliced the mountain apples into thin rings. 

When I had the apples sliced, I dipped them into the simple syrup, drained them briefly, and put them into my dehydrator.  

My dehydrator holds four racks, and I filled them all.  In six hours on the "dried fruit" setting, they were done.  Here is the result:

That's right, not even an entire quart bag full.  That gives you an idea of how much water a mountain apple contains.  That's okay, though -- it was a labor of love!