Talk about drying for days!!

[RollinRaw]

How long do those of you who have Excaliburs dehydrate your breads, assuming you make them?? At a 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick it seems to take forever:rolleyes: I'm trying to get on a schedule that will allow for me to have some backstock of foods to grab when I am in a hurry! I'll be doing crackers tomorrow and a Banana bread!

Then just as a side note; on the dehydrator the temp selector has temps and color bars. Where do I want the thermostat to be pointing? At the color bar OR at the numbers. For some reason this isn't very clear to me.

Thanks,
Sharon

[Aleesha Sattva]

number! 105 is a good temp for pretty much everything. start at full heat for two hours to speed up the dehydrating time though... and then turn it down to 105 for the rest of the time!

[jacsam]

My crackers are usually about 1/4 inch thick, never 1/2 inch and they do take the day to dehydrate but I make several trays full to have a stock on hand and not have to make them every week. Good question on the temp, I've always just pointed it to the number.

[RollinRaw]

number! 105 is a good temp for pretty much everything. start at full heat for two hours to speed up the dehydrating time though... and then turn it down to 105 for the rest of the time!

You are saying to take the temp ALL THE WAY up for two hours and then back down to 105, pointing the dot at the NUMBER 105?

I would love to fill the dehydrator all at once but only having TWO teflex sheets limits that process. My bread finally finished and man is it good. Its a recipe I'll be making more frequently.:D

Thank you

[kaylene]

You can use was paper instead of teflex--I only have one sheet, and the wax paper works just fine!

[yamiam]

There is a thread on here about this and I believe it's by Rawpriestess who states that she dries the food at 145 for two hours, then down to 115 until done.

We live in a very hot humid climate and it used to take FOREVER!! to dry something until I discovered this method. It really works!

The first time I dried something this way, I also dried some seeds with it and after two hours at 145 then at 115 till done, they sprouted!!

[rawnerino]

Does this mean that you can set your dehydrator on full for 2 hours and not destroy all the enzymes and a lot of the vitamins in the food? I am so impatient with mine....that would be great!

Also, can you share your wonderful sounding banana bread recipe?

Thanks so much...you guys are so helpful.

Michele

[shakti17]

or you can just put it in the microwave.....

ha (joke)