Preserving The Sweetness

Ah, the figs are so good! But in this household, I am the only one that enjoys them so much and I really loaded up from my old high school chum.

So aside from eating as many as I can while they are fresh, I filled the dehydrator with a load of the sweet fruit.

I did not treat them with any preservatives or sweeteners, I simply sliced to approximately even sized pieces and loaded them into the dehydrator.

They look very pretty now, but after the drying process will be much darker and not so showy.

18-24 hours and the figs should be dry enough to package into airtight bags where their extended sweetness will last several months.