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Making Apple Fruit Leather | My Best Recipe

Recipe for apple fruit leather has the perfect mix of pumpkin spices; cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Blend cooked apples into applesauce and dehydrate.

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Backpacking Desserts | The Sweetest Recipes from BackpackingChef

These backpacking desserts satisfy your sweet tooth while boosting nutrition with dried fruits. Try the Trail Angel Cake with Strawberries and Chocolate Sauce!

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Make Better Backpacking Breakfasts | Backpacking Chef

Goodbye Pop-Tarts and instant mush. Say good morning to backpacking breakfasts like Country-Style Grits & Sausage, Bircher Muesli, Hot Peach Crunch, & Pancakes.

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How to Make Ratatouille for Home & Trail

How to make ratatouille that’s extra saucy & perfectly seasoned. Enjoy it at home or dehydrate it for camping. This ratatouille recipe is delicious with pasta.

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Dehydrating Nectarines & Nectarine Fruit Leather

How to dehydrate nectarines and make nectarine fruit leather that you can turn into fruit smoothies and puddings. Tips, step-by-step instructions, and recipes.

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How to Make Granola with Healthy Ingredients

Learn how to make granola and granola clusters

How to make granola and granola clusters. These easy granola recipes include oats, maple syrup or honey, and ground flax & sesame seeds. Bake for 25 minutes.

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Dehydrating Apples | Six Fun Projects for Apple Lovers

Dehydrating Apples: Sliced, Grated, Baked, Stovetop & Blended. Dehydrator Recipes for Pumpkin Spice Apples, Tarts, Muesli, Applesauce & Apple-Granola Clusters.

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How to Pretreat Apples for Dehydrating Without Browning

Lemon juice and ascorbic acid for pretreating apples before dehydrating.

Demonstration of pretreatments to prevent apples from turning brown during dehydration, including lemon juice, ascorbic acid, and blanching. Which is best?

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23 Dehydrated Soup Recipes from Backpacking Chef

Create delicious dehydrated soup recipes with dried vegetables, beans, meats, starches, and homemade dry soup mixes. Learn five methods of dehydrating soup.

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How to Dehydrate Pasta for Backpacking Meals

Precooking & dehydrating pasta makes rehydration in trail meals fast & efficient. Learn how to dehydrate pasta: macaroni, spaghetti, linguine, couscous & orzo.

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