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Apple Peels!
What are some ways to use up apple peels?
Im processing a lot of apples today and Im wondering how some people use the peels.
Note: Google says apple cider vinegar, apple chips, and apple tea. I'm looking for other options that aren't those.
I like to dehydrate the peels, process them in the food processor and use them in smoothies, baked goods, oatmeal, etc. They add lots of nutrients and an easy way to use them up. So good!
Excellent idea!
Peels and pips contain pectin so you could boil them up to extract pectin for jam making?
I have successfully made apple syrup from apple peels. Tasty on top of or in pancakes, waffles, and to amp up the apple flavor in apple pies/tarts/strudels, etc.
Turn them into compost!
Chips are my vote! Food dehydrator or oven, then lightly spray with vegetable oil and dust with cinnamon and sugar. Also makes the house smell AMAZING while they're being made.
Apple peels are in some of those stove top scent pot recipes, if you ever do those.
I have also seen a couple of strawberry scrap juice recipes that call for a bit of apple instead of lemon.
Apple Peel Jelly is supposed to be yummy, same with tea brewed from them-with a bit of honey.
I was thinking you could make a syrup from them too, to use as an ice cream topper or something.
Chop them up, freeze or dry them, and feed them to the birds in winter. Personally, I have so many apples, I compost the peel. I wonder whether leaving the peel on will change the taste of my apple sauce. I make about 25 l of apple sauce every harvest and peeling four large baskets of apples gives me cramps in my fingers. Does anyone here leave the peel on? Feels sacrilegious and tempting.
I feed table scrapz to my hens. And in turn, they give me eggz.
when I was a kid it was a special treat to eat the apple peels as mom/grandma peeled them. I still like to eat them fresh (: