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Make dashboard dried apples
Published: 7/26/2011 11:36 AM
Last Modified: 7/26/2011 11:36 AM




You know it's hot outside. But did you know it's hot enough to dry apples?

Stacey Feather, a Tulsa World reader and one of the best cooks I know, wrote on her blog last week that she was making dried apples on the dashboard of her car.

Stacey lives near Jay where she said life this summer "has been a scene straight out of Death Valley." On a day when it was 107 degrees with a heat index of 115, she decided it was time to try to use the heat to her advantage.

She thinly sliced a bunch of Granny Smith apples and then placed them on the dashboard. After a two-day process, the apples were dry. No need for a food dehydrator.

She got the idea from her grandmother, who dried apples on the roof of her house. Her grandpa made a drying rack where they would place the apples slices. It would sit on the roof all day before the brought it in for the evening. The next day, he would climb the ladder to place the apples again.

"It usually only took a couple of days in Oklahoma to make dried apples," she said.

It's the same amount of time it took for Stacey's dashboard apples.

Once they're made you can eat the dried apples straight up or mix them into homemade granola. Stacey's grandmother used them in the winter to make fried pies.

Here's the recipe. You can find it and many more on Stacey's blog, tulsaworld.com/staceyfeather.

Dried Dashboard Apples

5 pounds Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced 1/8-inch thick
Cinnamon to taste
Parchment lined baking sheets
A car or truck dashboard

1. Place sliced apples on your parchment-lined baking sheets. Sprinkle with cinnamon, and place on your dashboard. Leave all day. Bring into your home overnight.

2. Place back on your dashboard the next day. At the end of that day your apples are ready to be stored. I store mine in a Ziploc bag with all the air removed.


Reader Comments 1 Total
Heather '75 (last year)
What an excellent idea! I'm definitely going to have to try this!
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Food Writer Nicole Marshall Middleton joined the Tulsa World in May 1993 after graduating from Oklahoma State University. She has covered crime, city government and general assignment beats during that time - but mostly crime. But when she isn’t at work, Nicole is a devoted food hobbyist. She enjoys meal planning and cooking with her husband, Steve, every day of the week and on holidays it’s a family affair. When the opportunity to become the food writer at the Tulsa World presented itself in the summer of 2011, Nicole jumped at it. She is excited to explore a new side of Tulsa and make the transition from crime to cuisine. .

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