{"id":17062,"date":"2010-12-10T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2019-02-28T11:24:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:24:49","slug":"how-to-dehydrate-lemons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/how-to-dehydrate-lemons\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Dehydrate Lemons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, after juicing over 67 pounds of lemons I still had a bunch left over. I read somewhere (sorry, I can&#8217;t remember where) that you can dehydrate lemons and they will last for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>You can use dehydrated lemons in water or tea, or anything else you would put a slice of lemon in that is liquid. The liquid rehydrates the lemon and gives your beverage that lemon-y taste.<\/p>\n<p>To begin, wash the lemons well. The rinds will be in your drink so you want them to be clean.<\/p>\n<p>Slice the lemons into circle shaped slices about 1\/4 inch thick. Try to get them all the same size, but as you can see from my photo I didn&#8217;t achieve this uniformity. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4990.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17063\" title=\"dehydrate lemons\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4990.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4990-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your lemons have large seeds, try to remove as many of them as possible before dehydrating. If you have a dehydrator, arrange the lemon slices on the trays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4997.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17064\" title=\"dehydrate lemons\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4997.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4997.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_4997-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a dehydrator, you can do this in the oven, but it takes a long time. Place the lemon slices on a cookie sheet and bake at 200 degrees until they are finished.<\/p>\n<p>Set your dehydrator to the fruit setting (about 135 degrees) and begin. My lemons took over 24 hours to dehydrate, but I think that was partly due to the fact that my slices were thick.<\/p>\n<p>You will know they are finished when the inside of the slice is a dark brown color.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_5219.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17068\" title=\"dehydrating lemons\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_5219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_5219.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2010\/12\/IMG_5219-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, after juicing over 67 pounds of lemons I still had a bunch left over. I read somewhere (sorry, I can&#8217;t remember where) that you can dehydrate lemons and they will last for a long time. 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