Have any of you ever dried your own cranberries? I would like to do some
in the oven as my nice little drier is at my summer home(no room in the
city kitchen). Any experiences would be helpful. Obviously, I can use
sugar sweetened Craisins:-)

Wendy

"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Have any of you ever dried your own cranberries? I would like to do some
> in the oven as my nice little drier is at my summer home(no room in the
> city kitchen). Any experiences would be helpful. Obviously, I can use
> sugar sweetened Craisins:-)







Yes. I made unsweetened ones in my Nesco dehydrator. I was on the raw
vegan diet at the time. I simply washed the berries and tossed them in the
dehydrator to be done at a low temp. It took many days. The end result was
light, crispy berries that seemed to be puffed full of air.

Although I liked the end result, I learned that I should have cut the
berries in half first or at least pierced them to allow them to dehydrate.
I am assuming you are not following a raw diet, so you should blanch the
berries first. This helps to break down the skin so that they dehydrate
more quickly. When I made raisins, I did blanched them for about a minute.

Julie Bove > wrote:

: "W. Baker" > wrote in message
: ...
: > Have any of you ever dried your own cranberries? I would like to do some
: > in the oven as my nice little drier is at my summer home(no room in the
: > city kitchen). Any experiences would be helpful. Obviously, I can use
: > sugar sweetened Craisins:-)
: Yes. I made unsweetened ones in my Nesco dehydrator. I was on the raw
: vegan diet at the time. I simply washed the berries and tossed them in the
: dehydrator to be done at a low temp. It took many days. The end result was
: light, crispy berries that seemed to be puffed full of air.

: Although I liked the end result, I learned that I should have cut the
: berries in half first or at least pierced them to allow them to dehydrate.
: I am assuming you are not following a raw diet, so you should blanch the
: berries first. This helps to break down the skin so that they dehydrate
: more quickly. When I made raisins, I did blanched them for about a minute.

Thanks Julie,
I have now found a recipe on a lowcarb site
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/snacks/r/driedcran.htm

I will try this, probabby today, lightly cooking them first to break the
skins. I will let you know how it all turns out.


Wendy