w. baker

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

susan

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I've never tried it, Wendy, but would think you'd want a stone or a
screen or mesh of some kind so both sides are exposed to dry, warm air.

Let us know how it goes.

Fairway used to have unsweetened dried cranberries, but I don't know if
they still do.

Susan

w. baker

: W. Baker wrote:
: > 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:-)

: I've never tried it, Wendy, but would think you'd want a stone or a
: screen or mesh of some kind so both sides are exposed to dry, warm air.

: Let us know how it goes.

: Fairway used to have unsweetened dried cranberries, but I don't know if
: they still do.

: Susan

Hanv't seen them in my store, which is, I believe, the original Fairway,
but the smallest store as it is on the upper West Side where realestte is
quite high. It's big for a Manhattan store, but that says less than it
might sound like.

Wendy

susan

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The upper west side is lovely, so leafy and quiet.

Do you have something porous or perforated to dry them on?

How will you do it, low heat for a long time?

Susan

julie bove

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.

w. baker

: "W. Baker" <wbaker@panix.com> wrote in message : news:hdn7qu$8f9$4@reader1.panix.com...
: > 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