Dehydrated Peaches

Scott's sister, Emily, introduced us to dehydrated peaches and we love to make them.  We dehydrated our peaches from our tree in our house in Lehi and can't wait until our Vineyard home peach tree is ready to give us peaches. 

8 peaches (enough for my dehydrator and some to eat along the way)

Food dehydrator

Water

Ice cubes

Lemon juice

Paper towels (or something to remove extra lemon juice:water solution)

Start boiling water on stove top in stock pot with enough water to cover peaches.  As the water starts to boil, prepare ice bath (I just use one side of my sink with some water and ice cubes).  

Blanch peaches by placing them in boiling water for 30-60 seconds.  Immediately, remove peaches and place in ice bath.  

Remove skins from blanched peaches (skins should come off very easily) and cut into 5-8 slices per 1/4 peach. Dip cut peaches in lemon juice and water solution to keep from browning.  

Remove from lemon juice and lay on paper towel to remove extra solution.  Lay on dehydrator racks with space to dry. 

When all racks are full, dehydrate on Fruit temperature (mine: 135 F) for 5-8 hours.  If not finished by nighttime, unplug and the plug in in the morning.