Strawberry Sweetness!

I'm one of those people who loves the idea of cooking and creating tons of all natural, no preservative, yummy dishes.  However, I am not one of those people who generally have time to follow up on those grand ideas.  I've seen this oven dehydrating strawberry recipe in a several variations all over the internet lately, and with fresh strawberries in hand, I decided to give it a try.

To avoid confusing myself with all the different options of things to add, I decided to forego adding anything to my strawberries.  So here is my little journey in oven dehydrating.

RECIPE

Fresh Strawberries (I used 2 lbs to make two cookie sheets worth of slices)

• washed with the stem/leaves cut off
• cut in half (thirds for large ones)

That's it!

I first lined my pan with tin foil and placed the slices about with a little space around each one.

Preheat the oven to 210 degrees and set a timer for 90 minutes (half way done!)

When the time goes off, take out the pans and flip each strawberry and back in for it's final 90 minutes of heating.

A little bonus I discovered... after flipping and returning to the oven, my house smells A-mazing!!

After a total of 3 hours of cooking time, it's time to take them out of the oven and let them cool.

I waited about an hour for them too cool completely, and yes, it felt like an eternity!  

Conclusion, these are some seriously flavor packed little bundles of goodness!  The sweetness is sealed in each bite.  One thing to mention if you are making this to add on to a dessert or something, I made these with 2 lbs of strawberries and ended with just a 3/4 full small tub of them.

Have you tried this before?  Maybe with other fruits?  I'd love to hear your thoughts!