dehyrdrating cantalope

We got a surprise the other day at the grocery store, free cantalopes!  We dried three of them, and gave several away. You can read about us blessing others with cantalopes here.

Drying the melons was really easy.

Peel the melons, and slice them about 1/2 inch thick

Toss them with a little sugar. For three small melons we used about 3/4 cup sugar.

Lay them out on cookie sheets

Dry them in a very low oven overnight. We set the oven dial to just barely on (about 125 degrees)

Turn them and then let them dry on the other side for several hours.

We ended up with something sweet and chewy that tasted a bit like the dried mango that you get in a prepackaged trail mix. Over all it was a fun experience.