Dehydrating Fruit

Another, very simple, method of preserving summer's bount:  dehydrating.  Slice fruit, place in dehydrator, remove when dry, and store in an airtight container.  What could be easier?

Here, I was cutting up stone fruit (cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, and apricots) to freeze for jam and decided to stick some fruit in the dehydrator.  I just kind of free-formed the chopping session.  I'd cut a fruit in half, then slice one half for dehydrating, and chop the other half into chunks for jam.  Or I'd cut some nice, thin slices of fruit for the dehydrator and toss the rest of the fruit in the jam pile.  I ended up with enough for two batches of jam and a jar full of dried peaches, apricots, and plums, ready to be enjoyed all winter.

Don't think I don't have another four pounds of stone fruit waiting in my fridge.  It's fruit-hoarding season.