It takes a dehydrator to make honey powder. Water is evaporated. Set the temperature to 120 degrees and drizzle the honey on silicone sheets to make it easier to remove. Spread the honey thin, the thinner the faster it will dry, but fast in this case is not exactly what it used to be. It can take a few days for the water to evaporate, but in time it will. Sugar is very hydroscopic, so after you remove the honey from the machine and grind it up to a powder you have to put it in a sealed jar with some desiccant to absorb what water is in the air cause the sugars are going to want to nab it when they can.
My beekeeper told me that heat destroys the all the good qualities of honey. My honey is solid from the beekeeper and all I have to do is scoop it out with a spoon. It rarely gets sugary. He claims that most honey is heated too much to get the liquid state.
You can freeze-dry mayo in tuna salad: onion, celery, jerkins, tuna, & mayo. Just don’t over use it and NEVER use tuna packed in oil. Tuna in water, drained and dried off on paper towels, in mylar bags work. You can even reuse the washed mylar bag the tuna came in to store your tuna salad. Miracle Whip has 1/3 of the oil as Hellman’s, so if you like it pick that.
I think the key to doing foods with some fat is to be sure they are dried all the way, I weight check mine, for everything, just to be certain. I use the freeze dryer telling me the product is done as my starting point for weight check and 9 times out of 10, it continues to loose weight/moisture after that. I would rather spend a little extra time on the front end instead of losing all the time, effort and money down the road.
I don’t know if you’ve gotten to canning jam yet, but my favorite jam to can is the low sugar strawberry jam from Melissa K Norris. Just a recommendation! 🙂
Warm honey on the stove till it reaches hard Crack stage about 300 degrees. Keep it stirred so it won't scorch. Pour into a tray to cool. Brake it up, put the peaces in a blender with some cornstarch to keep the granules from sticking together. Honey powder. ❤ Don't have exact measurements.
You can freeze dry coffee and milk as well. For freeze dry coffee, pour up a cup or a small bowl. Use a scale to weigh out the coffee before and after freeze drying so you will know exactly how much water to use to reconstitute it. Milk is done the same way. It will last in an air tight container for years. As far as powder peanut butter goes, it is a byproduct of peanut oil making. After they grind the peanuts. They run it through a press to extract the oil out. What is left is peanut powder. You might try to find the "Natural Peanut Butter" (no preservatives or other stabilizing chemicals added) and allow the oil separate naturally. Pour off the oil until very little oil forms at the top. Then try small amout of the peanut butter in the freeze dryer to see if will dry it out further. As far as your meats and fats. You can take the fats and render them down to make lard and crackling. Lard can be stored in a air tight jar and kept in a cool dark dry place. Lard can also be good to store cooked meats in jars by sticking the meats in the jars (make sure the jars are clean, dry, and warm), then take your lard (pourablely warm) pour over your meats in the jars, secure with sealable lid, and water bath the jars. Allow them to seal.
Thank you for the great content! I've had my FD for a couple years. I just tried candy Rolo's for the 1st time the other day to see what they would do. I bought the tiny dark chocolate bites, but expanded so large from the caramel, I couldn't remove the tray from them sticking to the shelf above. They got so airy they were too fragile to even handle without crumbling to dust. I wouldn't recommend unless you want to experiment with sectioning them into smaller portions.
Ohhh shoot I hate when things explode too much and cause a big ole mess!! Yeah maybe cutting them into smaller pieces could work, I don't think I've tried those
Some notes; With butter, (and I am not sure about this) Clarify it, or make Ghee to try to dry. No. 2 Honey; no need to freeze dry, just boil it over a low heat until it crystalizes, then you have a product that will be easier to powder. No.3 Bread; Freeze dry slices and then use as the bread for french toast. It is no faster than allowing the bread to go stale, but, would probably last longer on the shelf. (You could probably freeze dry the egg mixture for french toast and coat the dried bread with that powder and drench in milk/buttermilk to rehydrate!)
Werther's soft caramels, cut in 4ths - puff up into airy awesomeness, same with bit-o-honey cut into small pieces too. These 2 I think are my favorites.
Great video! Thank you. I did hotdogs in slices and they ended up as dog treats and they didn't even want to eat them lol. Tried liver sausage chunks for dog treats too. Made a mess but then did eat them! I also did frozen sardines to try to grind into powder for fertilizer--YUGE mistake. We had to do like 3 bread runs to get rid of the smell lol and some still lingered a couple more loads! Avocado was a bust too. Need to figure that one out. For candy my favorite is Milk Duds! Salt water taffy and Laffy Taffy do great also. (excuse the screen name please. My kids thought it would be funny to change my name. I need to plot and get even with them!)
Freeze-Dried HiChews are Great! Tried several times, but Cherries Don't work for Us. Banana Chips dipped in a Honey/Lemon Dip work Great, and are a Favorite of all Our (Good) Friends - We love them so Much!
How to make Peanut butter Powder.. 1. In a blender, mix 1/2 c tapioca starch and 1/3 c peanut butter (use creamy). 2. Blend it up, stopping the blender every so often to mix it up a bit until you have a powdery consistency. 3. Store it in a covered jar (it will last as long as the peanut butter will last - look for the expiry date on the jar)
It works because the ice cream sandwiches were made with powdered chocolate. They are made with a soft serve ice cream so will melt before you can get them cut. So you must allow your FD to drop well below freezing, but not yet in the processing stage, and add the sandwiches whole on trays to the FD. Allow the sandwiches to drop in temperature in the negatives to freeze them extra firm. Once the sandwich’s are frozen well below freeze, remove one tray at a time to cut and get them IMMEDIATELY back in the FD. Once they are all cut, continue the FD process. The results are similar to Oreo cookies only way harder. You can eat them hard, or rehydrate into a frosty frozen drink in a blender - like a thick chocolate milk shake
You can buy powdered peanut butter, butter, and honey. Don’t know why but commercial freeze driers can somehow process them. I have success with biscuits, waffles and pancakes by steaming them. Chocolate and fats seem to be something that nobody can process. Strangely the chocolate covered mints seem to work really well.
Our favorite candy to freeze dry are Werther's soft caramels. We have to cut them in half because they get too big otherwise. The flavor is intense and they are crisp like malted milk balls. Our grand kids and great grandkids really like them. Enjoy your videos! This one was fun to watch!
@lindajohnson1121 if you use the "warm trays" function at the start of the candy run they get puffier and melt in your mouth. Kind of like a caramel cotton candy
the way they get powdered peanuts like PB2 is they extract like 99% of the oil from ground peanuts, usually to make things like cooking oil. The powder is just the leftover solids from that process, and instead of trashing them, they sell it to add to protein shakes and such since it's still perfectly edible. I don't know how you would do that at home without the equipment to do a full oil extraction. Maybe something to look into if you are really invested in making your own seed and nut butter powders.
Hey just a quick info dump! SchoolReports is an amazing channel for freeze drying info and he runs lots of tests. His most recent run/batch was with peanut butter from the jar! Fats in a freeze dryer need an emulsifier it seems. Fats in a freeze dryer can work :D in that same video he does heavy cream too! (edit) Im just gonna leave this whole comment here because im learning too! I watched the part of the PB and its sad that people dont try to do the science behind it! It seems like people have this weird conception of fat not being able to be in a freeze dryer. From what i've witnessed it can def be done!
My sister told me about your channel and what a doll you are...I recently freeze dried "red hot" candies. I warmed them in the oven for a bit, then freeze dried them. They were so awesome....Since the Hot Tamales didn't work, maybe you would want to try them? My sister tried freeze drying "Peeps"...She sent me a picture and Oh my gosh. Horrible...lol I am looking forward to seeing more of your video's ....Sherri-Idaho
Googled.....Commercial butter powder is made with a moisture-removing process called spray drying, which involves spraying a mist of liquid butter into a heated chamber. The moisture evaporates, leaving behind a fine powder that can be reconstituted with water or other liquids.
I did gummy bears too close together. It came out a beautiful mess. I spent hours separating them. Man, were they good. It came out of the FD a solid rainbow sheet, with just a little space to the top shelf but didn't touch the top. I will do these again with more space between the bears
Maltodextrine is mixed with the honey or peanut butter which terns it into a powder. It’s not necessarily preserving them any better, just changing its form from a liquid to a powder.
You can also make your own peanut butter powder at home by blending 1/2 cup of tapioca starch with 1/3 cup of creamy peanut butter until it reaches a powdery consistency. Store the powder in a covered jar and it will last as long as the peanut butter it was made from.also... Honey powder is made by dehydrating honey until it loses all moisture and then grinding it into a powder. The process typically involves mixing honey with a sugar, like cane syrup, to change its molecular structure, then spray-drying the solution to create a powder. This prevents the powder from absorbing moisture and re-liquifying
@@DIYfreezedry I like the batters and bread too! It convenient if you just want 1waffle get 1 cup batter powder add H2O and cook same with camping if you want fresh bread hydrate batter an yeast if needed place it in a Dutch over in camp fire and bake then eat
Hi, I just found your channel by luck this morning. The Debarr Costco had those freeze dryer machines and they sold them all in 2 days. The Dimond Costco should have received their shipment of 12 units this week. They are selling almost as soon as they hit the floor, for $1600. Normally those go for around $2,500 I believe. Anyway, I have lived here in Anchorage since 1983, except for when I was away in the service. I used to work at Costco for 26 years and I retired almost 7 years ago.
Cut sweet muffins in qtr inch thick slices and then frzdry the slices. They make nice crunchy snacks that can be quickly dunked in your coffee or tea. I've done zucchini bread, too.
As an experiment, we did the initial bread run at purchase. We kept the bread in a zip lock bag no O2 absorber. Almost 3 years later, it's still hard and crunchy. It just sits on a shelf in the freeze dry room.
@@therandlefamily9954 oh wow 🤯 that’s crazy! Reminds me of the happy meal that someone has at a museum that’s many many years old and hasn’t gone bad 😅
I'm writing this different to Answer you question on powder honey. I have a good guess. Since I've gotten crystalize honey over time. A hot dry environment. Crystalize it is still sticky but it turns to a sugar. Took about 10 years. However. Something else must be happening. Since there was honey in Egypt tombs not crystalized. It might be the sun. No sun in tombs. .
Powder peanuts. You roast the peanut. Then dry then ( freeze dry might work) I hydrate outside. Then grind them. I did it as an experiment. But why you are not getting them is the oil. Store peanut butter has oil added to it. The peanuts have to be dry. Like mesquite bean. Btw mix with mesquite bean would be a treat / candy. Just make sure you crushed the mesquite bean. I once broke a tooth on trying to break a mesquite bean. If you want mesquite pods let me know in early summer. And how much. I have a lot I can harvest. And I'm cheaper then those health food places. mesquite is my SHTF sugar. It's like black licorice. If you want some now. Let me know quick I think they are still available. When I say I can get it. I'm talking a couple tons. So ounces to pounds is nothing for me. Last time I harvested I had over 500 pounds They also can be used as a flour. The natives before the Apache here. Use to grind the pods and the pods of a cactus to make a flat bread 500 plus years ago. I made it once. It has its one flavor. But the cactus pods cancel our some of the mesquite flavor which can be quite strong by itself. And I would prefer not to get the cactus pods. It's a lot of work for so little . But if someone wants some a small amount to grind I will. But it will be expensive. Remind me and I will tell the name of cactus. Fortunately. Not many things eat those pods so I can get them year round. Just take a month to dry. Mesquite they are usually mostly gone by first monsoon. No monsoon this year yet. Monsoon season June to September. Everything eats them. I don't think there is a wildlife here that doesn't eat them. They can also be used for dog food.
Since you don't freeze dry jelly, just freeze dry fruit and store sugar in buckets. Reconstitute your fruit and then make your jelly. I haven't tried this myself. It just seems to me that it would/might work
I didn't see any mention of marshmellows...they get huge, so cutting them or using minitures works best, but they come out just like lucky charms marshmellows...crunchy :)
I discovered that peach nectar does not freeze dry. It kind of comes out like fruit leather. I guess that would fall into the jams and jellies. The natural sugars do not work.
On UA-cam we have a co- freeze drier/youtuber named Phil@4800 feet. He shows how to freeze dry chocolate peanut butter and a lot of other stuff, even how to do freeze dry batters bread dough and stuff. Keep up the good work
As far as honey goes, just leave it in a warm cabinet near heat source in your kitchen and the honey will naturally crystalize on it's own then you can powder it. I believe there are some online companies that sell honey that has already been crystalized.
Check out Phil at 4800 feet. He did peanut butter and chocolate. Found him by searching freeze drying peanut butter after seeing your video. I have a freeze dryer on order.
Anything powdered that you can't freeze dry is probably just dehydrated. I've actually made peanut butter powder by just smearing a thin layer on my dehydrator mats and putting it in the food processor once it's dehydrated. I don't know if it's going to last 30 years, LOL... I'm guessing not... But it never lasts that long in my house anyway. For storage I just use vacuum sealant in small bags or mason jars .or mason jars. (I also vacuum sealed the jars.) I've never thought about doing honey but I'm going to try it now, the same way I do peanut butter.
Peanut butter powder is made by removing the oil from roasted peanuts and grinding up. That’s what Google said. But I make jam and it’s really easy. I wish I grew my own sugar cane to make better sugar. I grow the peppers and buy fruits from local farmer to make spicy jams
You're learning so much - I am proud of you! By the way I have found like a 24 pack Box of Big Hunks at Sam's Club. My Local Sam's Club doesn't always have them, so they are hit & Miss. Big Hunks come with Peanuts or Almonds by the way. The ones at my Sam's Club have been Peanut only (not Almond).
I'm new to your channel. I enjoyed your video on freeze drying and not freeze drying stuffs. I don't have a freeze dryer yet but would love to get one, just out of my budget at the moment. Thank you
I had watched an older guy doing a video on freeze drying peanut butter but I'm not able to find it now, but while looking I did see a video for peanut butter (I haven't watched it yet) but it was made by "Rain Country" you might check out.
I recommend purchasing the All American Pressure Canner. It's the best ever! I have three other brands, and they can't compare. I freeze dried a chocolate cake, cut up in very small pieces. My grandson loves it but you are correct, bread products don't normally work. I enjoy your videos very informative.
Store bought frozen meatballs - similar to your hot dog experience. I thought it would be great to have shelf stable meatballs, but it just didn't work and left behind a smelly mess.
Not back ordered, just pre-sales. She just finished her book. She also has a segment on FD avocados. The guy on Live Life Simple is doing a second book and he has been freeze drying for years. I am waiting forine to ship.😁
thank you. I do freeze dry meats with their fat intact and other things with fat in them, like whole milk. I just make sure they are fully dry (by weighing until they no longer lose weight) and properly packaging afterward. but I did find that freeze-drying fresh apple juice didn't work-it bubbled and puffed up so much it got all over the whole machine- a mess!
@@jeansroses7249 oh no I hate when it makes a giant mess! I’ve had major candy messes a few times 😅 good to know the warning about the fresh apple juice 😆😆
I think I might know what they do for peanuts. I press my own oil, and the residue is very dry and powdery. I haven't tried peanuts yet, but I BET, that what comes out is oil and any dry solids out the other side. I will give it a try and update. I'm sure the dry bits taste like peanuts.
The magic of Honey Powder relies on a unique process called co-crystallization. Honey is mixed with a simple sugar, in this case cane syrup, to actually change the molecular structure. This new honey solution is then spray-dried to create a powder.
@@jenniferlopez8495 I just watched someone on Tik Tok who did this! It worked! The product looked a little on the sticky side but I just wonder if they didn’t let it go long enough…. But they said it tasted great when rehydrated
I’ve had problems with plums and I don’t know why. Plums are low in fat and low in sugar, so they should freeze dry. Initially they seem to. Immediately out, they “break or crack” like any other food, but if you press the “meat” of the fruit it squishes because there’s still water in there. After about a week or more I’ve opened Mylar bags only to have “rubbery” plum slices, it doesn’t make any difference if I cut the skin off first or not, the “meat” refuses to completely dry even after the weighing test or after 60 hours. Any clue what it could be? I don’t have social media accounts outside of UA-cam and haven’t found any one try freeze drying them… freezing yes, canning yes, but not freeze drying.
@@MisterEMystery oh that’s surprising I would think they would work fine so that’s frustrating! I haven’t tried plums yet - if I find good ones at the grocery store I’ll pick some up and see if they come out the same… produce in Alaska isn’t always great 😆
The key with FAT is ZERO O2, Cool/Cold and ZERO light. I know of one person that FDd 20% fat burger and it was perfect after 3 years. Most ingredients when incorporated into a recipe FD just fine. Most candies that people say do not work need to be heated in the oven first. When using the oven use the TEST MODE.
@reneebeam426 When fd’ing candy like Jolly Ranchers you’re not freezing the candy so much as heating it up. Candy Mode heats up candy to 140-150 degrees and then sublimating it (pulling out whatever small amount of water is in there). Freeze Drying food, the machine freezes the food and then sublimates it as it heats it up to 120 degrees. I hope this helps explain why sugar doesn’t freeze dry but it does “cook” dry.
I wonder if you dehydrate the jams first and turn it into fruit leather, then break it apart and put it in the freeze dryer. I'm thinking it might work for jams, jellies, and non maple syrup.
If you want powdered honey you have to heat it to a certain temp and use a hand mixer to mix, and mix, and mix. It will first turn into creamy honey, then all of a sudden it turns to powder. You have to leave it out to cool and dry, but there you go. It's the same with maple syrup too.
@@DIYfreezedry Yeah. I also think this is how sugar is made too. Or they cook and let it dry in a big lump, and then grind it up. People used to make salt like this too. In clay pots, and kept adding more salt water when the water evaporated. When it cools they break the clay off the salt rock.
You can freeze-dry heavy cream, then in future rehydrate and churn the milk to get your butter.
Powder peanut butter is a byproduct from peanut oil milling
Has anyone tried peanut butter m&m's?
You don't have to freeze dry honey as it stays shelf stable forever. One should never mess with perfection❤
@@betsybright6519 it really is 🤩
The 🐝 🐝 preserve the honey in factory! 😁
It takes a dehydrator to make honey powder. Water is evaporated. Set the temperature to 120 degrees and drizzle the honey on silicone sheets to make it easier to remove. Spread the honey thin, the thinner the faster it will dry, but fast in this case is not exactly what it used to be. It can take a few days for the water to evaporate, but in time it will. Sugar is very hydroscopic, so after you remove the honey from the machine and grind it up to a powder you have to put it in a sealed jar with some desiccant to absorb what water is in the air cause the sugars are going to want to nab it when they can.
@@scinanisern9845 this is awesome thanks for explaining it so well!!
My beekeeper told me that heat destroys the all the good qualities of honey. My honey is solid from the beekeeper and all I have to do is scoop it out with a spoon. It rarely gets sugary. He claims that most honey is heated too much to get the liquid state.
Hm. Regarding freeze dried bread. Wonder if you can super-extend the life of hard tack?
If you ever have made peanut brittle, its kinda done the same way with honey, so once it it's a hard honey candy, you can grind it up into a powder
You can freeze-dry mayo in tuna salad: onion, celery, jerkins, tuna, & mayo. Just don’t over use it and NEVER use tuna packed in oil. Tuna in water, drained and dried off on paper towels, in mylar bags work. You can even reuse the washed mylar bag the tuna came in to store your tuna salad. Miracle Whip has 1/3 of the oil as Hellman’s, so if you like it pick that.
I think the key to doing foods with some fat is to be sure they are dried all the way, I weight check mine, for everything, just to be certain. I use the freeze dryer telling me the product is done as my starting point for weight check and 9 times out of 10, it continues to loose weight/moisture after that. I would rather spend a little extra time on the front end instead of losing all the time, effort and money down the road.
I don’t know if you’ve gotten to canning jam yet, but my favorite jam to can is the low sugar strawberry jam from Melissa K Norris. Just a recommendation! 🙂
I make a mint off of freeze dried basaltic vinegar! The local chefs love that stuff!
There is a red licorice salt water taffy that freeze dries well and actually tastes like crispy red licorice😊
@@sharonjennings1282 oh that sounds sooo good!!!
Warm honey on the stove till it reaches hard Crack stage about 300 degrees. Keep it stirred so it won't scorch. Pour into a tray to cool. Brake it up, put the peaces in a blender with some cornstarch to keep the granules from sticking together. Honey powder. ❤ Don't have exact measurements.
@@vetetocm wow that sounds so good!!
@DIYfreezedry I have not done it myself, but I have seen it done.
Bees fed heated honey die. You will destroy the nutrients if it is heated
You can freeze dry coffee and milk as well. For freeze dry coffee, pour up a cup or a small bowl. Use a scale to weigh out the coffee before and after freeze drying so you will know exactly how much water to use to reconstitute it. Milk is done the same way. It will last in an air tight container for years.
As far as powder peanut butter goes, it is a byproduct of peanut oil making. After they grind the peanuts. They run it through a press to extract the oil out. What is left is peanut powder. You might try to find the "Natural Peanut Butter" (no preservatives or other stabilizing chemicals added) and allow the oil separate naturally. Pour off the oil until very little oil forms at the top. Then try small amout of the peanut butter in the freeze dryer to see if will dry it out further.
As far as your meats and fats. You can take the fats and render them down to make lard and crackling. Lard can be stored in a air tight jar and kept in a cool dark dry place. Lard can also be good to store cooked meats in jars by sticking the meats in the jars (make sure the jars are clean, dry, and warm), then take your lard (pourablely warm) pour over your meats in the jars, secure with sealable lid, and water bath the jars. Allow them to seal.
I love all of your ideas thank you for sharing your knowledge! I definitely want to do milk soon, that is on my to do list!
I saw homesteading family freeze dry and reconstitute cake with frosting
@@jonnyvegasxd4058 oh wow I’ll have to look how they did it!
My favorite is bit of honey❤
@@mindysworld7675 I need to order some from Amazon, I can’t ever find in store but I’ve been wanting to try them!
Rain country is a excellent channel she's incredible.
Thank you for the great content! I've had my FD for a couple years. I just tried candy Rolo's for the 1st time the other day to see what they would do. I bought the tiny dark chocolate bites, but expanded so large from the caramel, I couldn't remove the tray from them sticking to the shelf above. They got so airy they were too fragile to even handle without crumbling to dust. I wouldn't recommend unless you want to experiment with sectioning them into smaller portions.
Ohhh shoot I hate when things explode too much and cause a big ole mess!! Yeah maybe cutting them into smaller pieces could work, I don't think I've tried those
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@@jamesowens2781 that’s amazing! Thanks for following along 🥰
Some notes; With butter, (and I am not sure about this) Clarify it, or make Ghee to try to dry. No. 2 Honey; no need to freeze dry, just boil it over a low heat until it crystalizes, then you have a product that will be easier to powder. No.3 Bread; Freeze dry slices and then use as the bread for french toast. It is no faster than allowing the bread to go stale, but, would probably last longer on the shelf. (You could probably freeze dry the egg mixture for french toast and coat the dried bread with that powder and drench in milk/buttermilk to rehydrate!)
You can can butter to make it last longer
@@cherylfedor9828 oh how cool didn’t know that!
Werther's soft caramels, cut in 4ths - puff up into airy awesomeness, same with bit-o-honey cut into small pieces too. These 2 I think are my favorites.
@@reneebeam426 oh yes caramels 😋 I haven’t done bit o honey yet, I need to order some! They sound so yummy
@@reneebeam426 the apple caramels are freaking awesome!!
@@proudcanadian7299 ohhhhh, gotta go look for those!!
Great video! Thank you. I did hotdogs in slices and they ended up as dog treats and they didn't even want to eat them lol. Tried liver sausage chunks for dog treats too. Made a mess but then did eat them! I also did frozen sardines to try to grind into powder for fertilizer--YUGE mistake. We had to do like 3 bread runs to get rid of the smell lol and some still lingered a couple more loads! Avocado was a bust too. Need to figure that one out.
For candy my favorite is Milk Duds! Salt water taffy and Laffy Taffy do great also. (excuse the screen name please. My kids thought it would be funny to change my name. I need to plot and get even with them!)
I FD avocado dipped in lime juice. I powder before rehydrating. Works great
Dehydrated honey works. Thin layer honey in Dehydrator with mat. Love your channel ❤️
@@michellewilliams257 oh really? I don’t have a regular dehydrator but that’s cool it works that way! I may need to get one 😆 thanks for watching!!
@@DIYfreezedryoven dehydrate it!
Freeze-Dried HiChews are Great! Tried several times, but Cherries Don't work for Us. Banana Chips dipped in a Honey/Lemon Dip work Great, and are a Favorite of all Our (Good) Friends - We love them so Much!
have you thought about freezing the hot dogs in the regular freezer first before placing them in the freeze dryer?
@@1968bluedolphin I wonder if they would help - it possibly could!
Freeze dried seasoned bread makes GREAT croutons though.
@@jamesyoung7560 oh I never thought of that! Smart!!
How to make Peanut butter Powder..
1. In a blender, mix 1/2 c tapioca starch and 1/3 c peanut butter (use creamy).
2. Blend it up, stopping the blender every so often to mix it up a bit until you have a powdery consistency.
3. Store it in a covered jar (it will last as long as the peanut butter will last - look for the expiry date on the jar)
@@pjposterman2445 amazing 🤩 I’m gonna try! Thanks for sharing
I love freeze dried ice cream sandwiches. The ones with the chocolate cookie and vanilla ice cream in the middle.
Oh that sounds super good!!!
It works because the ice cream sandwiches were made with powdered chocolate. They are made with a soft serve ice cream so will melt before you can get them cut. So you must allow your FD to drop well below freezing, but not yet in the processing stage, and add the sandwiches whole on trays to the FD. Allow the sandwiches to drop in temperature in the negatives to freeze them extra firm. Once the sandwich’s are frozen well below freeze, remove one tray at a time to cut and get them IMMEDIATELY back in the FD. Once they are all cut, continue the FD process. The results are similar to Oreo cookies only way harder. You can eat them hard, or rehydrate into a frosty frozen drink in a blender - like a thick chocolate milk shake
Don't do the mint ones. It is like it is not ice cream.
You can buy powdered peanut butter, butter, and honey. Don’t know why but commercial freeze driers can somehow process them. I have success with biscuits, waffles and pancakes by steaming them. Chocolate and fats seem to be something that nobody can process. Strangely the chocolate covered mints seem to work really well.
@@OvcharkaShepherd oh sweet I need to experiment more with steaming to rehydrate the dried foods! I’ve done jr mints and they were super good
I think butter and other dairy items are misted into the freeze dryers to make commercially available products.
Our favorite candy to freeze dry are Werther's soft caramels. We have to cut them in half because they get too big otherwise.
The flavor is intense and they are crisp like malted milk balls. Our grand kids and great grandkids really like them.
Enjoy your videos! This one was fun to watch!
@@lindajohnson1121 thanks for watching 😄 ooo yes I love the caramels too!!! One of my favs too. Lucky grandkids ❤️
@lindajohnson1121 if you use the "warm trays" function at the start of the candy run they get puffier and melt in your mouth. Kind of like a caramel cotton candy
the way they get powdered peanuts like PB2 is they extract like 99% of the oil from ground peanuts, usually to make things like cooking oil. The powder is just the leftover solids from that process, and instead of trashing them, they sell it to add to protein shakes and such since it's still perfectly edible. I don't know how you would do that at home without the equipment to do a full oil extraction. Maybe something to look into if you are really invested in making your own seed and nut butter powders.
Maybe dry roast nuts? Then freeze dry? 🤷♂️
Hey just a quick info dump! SchoolReports is an amazing channel for freeze drying info and he runs lots of tests. His most recent run/batch was with peanut butter from the jar! Fats in a freeze dryer need an emulsifier it seems. Fats in a freeze dryer can work :D in that same video he does heavy cream too! (edit) Im just gonna leave this whole comment here because im learning too! I watched the part of the PB and its sad that people dont try to do the science behind it! It seems like people have this weird conception of fat not being able to be in a freeze dryer. From what i've witnessed it can def be done!
Thank you for the info. I tried to freeze dry butter one time. Like you said total disaster it took me a while to clean it up. Blessings
@@taylormade9693 oh man… yeah sometimes we just learn the hard way 😆
Add water or yogurt to peanut butter to dilute.
I have not tried yet, But i was reading to make honey powder you have to add water to the honey then freeze dry it.
@@adammiller8722 oh interesting!!
My sister told me about your channel and what a doll you are...I recently freeze dried "red hot" candies. I warmed them in the oven for a bit, then freeze dried them. They were so awesome....Since the Hot Tamales didn't work, maybe you would want to try them? My sister tried freeze drying "Peeps"...She sent me a picture and Oh my gosh. Horrible...lol I am looking forward to seeing more of your video's ....Sherri-Idaho
@@sherriruiz339 hey Sherri!! Thanks for watching! I haven’t tried red hots that sounds sooo good i definitely need to try those 😄😄😄
Googled.....Commercial butter powder is made with a moisture-removing process called spray drying, which involves spraying a mist of liquid butter into a heated chamber. The moisture evaporates, leaving behind a fine powder that can be reconstituted with water or other liquids.
great to know thank you! had no idea!
The puffy type of gummies do really well.
I did gummy bears too close together. It came out a beautiful mess. I spent hours separating them. Man, were they good. It came out of the FD a solid rainbow sheet, with just a little space to the top shelf but didn't touch the top. I will do these again with more space between the bears
Maltodextrine is mixed with the honey or peanut butter which terns it into a powder. It’s not necessarily preserving them any better, just changing its form from a liquid to a powder.
You can also make your own peanut butter powder at home by blending 1/2 cup of tapioca starch with 1/3 cup of creamy peanut butter until it reaches a powdery consistency. Store the powder in a covered jar and it will last as long as the peanut butter it was made from.also...
Honey powder is made by dehydrating honey until it loses all moisture and then grinding it into a powder. The process typically involves mixing honey with a sugar, like cane syrup, to change its molecular structure, then spray-drying the solution to create a powder. This prevents the powder from absorbing moisture and re-liquifying
@@charlesdunkelberger8548 awesome info!!! I want to try that PB method for sure!
@@DIYfreezedry I like the batters and bread too! It convenient if you just want 1waffle get 1 cup batter powder add H2O and cook same with camping if you want fresh bread hydrate batter an yeast if needed place it in a Dutch over in camp fire and bake then eat
Honey will last forever as is ! Once it's crystalized just place the bottle in hot water to restore !
Bit of Honey is my favorite!!
@@carolyns1131 I am trying that this week 😄😄
@ Big Hunk is my second fav!
Hi, I just found your channel by luck this morning. The Debarr Costco had those freeze dryer machines and they sold them all in 2 days. The Dimond Costco should have received their shipment of 12 units this week. They are selling almost as soon as they hit the floor, for $1600. Normally those go for around $2,500 I believe. Anyway, I have lived here in Anchorage since 1983, except for when I was away in the service. I used to work at Costco for 26 years and I retired almost 7 years ago.
@@Lazymofoprepper2 oh amazing you have the inside scoop!!’ Thanks for sharing! Yeah it’s a killer deal of either small machine
Taffy is the BEST freeze dried!! ❤
Cut sweet muffins in qtr inch thick slices and then frzdry the slices. They make nice crunchy snacks that can be quickly dunked in your coffee or tea. I've done zucchini bread, too.
Oh, forgot to mention, all my sweet breads and muffins are keto, made with allulose and almond or coconut flour.
Oh that’s a great idea to use them to dip into drinks!!!
Great idea!! Thank you
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The PB will fD if you dilute in water and boil - chocolate also - then powder it. There's a YT video that walks you through it
@@proudcanadian7299 oh how cool I need to check that out!
As an experiment, we did the initial bread run at purchase. We kept the bread in a zip lock bag no O2 absorber. Almost 3 years later, it's still hard and crunchy. It just sits on a shelf in the freeze dry room.
@@therandlefamily9954 oh wow 🤯 that’s crazy! Reminds me of the happy meal that someone has at a museum that’s many many years old and hasn’t gone bad 😅
I'm writing this different to Answer you question on powder honey.
I have a good guess. Since I've gotten crystalize honey over time.
A hot dry environment.
Crystalize it is still sticky but it turns to a sugar. Took about 10 years.
However. Something else must be happening. Since there was honey in Egypt tombs not crystalized.
It might be the sun. No sun in tombs.
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Powder peanuts.
You roast the peanut.
Then dry then ( freeze dry might work)
I hydrate outside.
Then grind them.
I did it as an experiment.
But why you are not getting them is the oil. Store peanut butter has oil added to it.
The peanuts have to be dry. Like mesquite bean.
Btw mix with mesquite bean would be a treat / candy. Just make sure you crushed the mesquite bean.
I once broke a tooth on trying to break a mesquite bean.
If you want mesquite pods let me know in early summer. And how much. I have a lot I can harvest. And I'm cheaper then those health food places. mesquite is my SHTF sugar. It's like black licorice.
If you want some now. Let me know quick I think they are still available.
When I say I can get it. I'm talking a couple tons. So ounces to pounds is nothing for me.
Last time I harvested I had over 500 pounds
They also can be used as a flour.
The natives before the Apache here. Use to grind the pods and the pods of a cactus to make a flat bread 500 plus years ago.
I made it once. It has its one flavor. But the cactus pods cancel our some of the mesquite flavor which can be quite strong by itself.
And I would prefer not to get the cactus pods. It's a lot of work for so little .
But if someone wants some a small amount to grind I will. But it will be expensive. Remind me and I will tell the name of cactus.
Fortunately. Not many things eat those pods so I can get them year round. Just take a month to dry.
Mesquite they are usually mostly gone by first monsoon. No monsoon this year yet. Monsoon season June to September.
Everything eats them.
I don't think there is a wildlife here that doesn't eat them.
They can also be used for dog food.
Since you don't freeze dry jelly, just freeze dry fruit and store sugar in buckets. Reconstitute your fruit and then make your jelly.
I haven't tried this myself.
It just seems to me that it would/might work
@@mountnman3609 that’s a great way to do it!!Good idea
I didn't see any mention of marshmellows...they get huge, so cutting them or using minitures works best, but they come out just like lucky charms marshmellows...crunchy :)
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I discovered that peach nectar does not freeze dry. It kind of comes out like fruit leather. I guess that would fall into the jams and jellies. The natural sugars do not work.
Oh interesting that’s good to know!!
On UA-cam we have a co- freeze drier/youtuber named Phil@4800 feet. He shows how to freeze dry chocolate peanut butter and a lot of other stuff, even how to do freeze dry batters bread dough and stuff. Keep up the good work
Freeze dry peanuts and then blend them, when you add it to a milkshake or use it in your baking it will give you the peanut butter flavour
@@vanessasfamily ah I’d like to try that!
As far as honey goes, just leave it in a warm cabinet near heat source in your kitchen and the honey will naturally crystalize on it's own then you can powder it. I believe there are some online companies that sell honey that has already been crystalized.
@@kathygarner419 oh how cool I’ll have to try that!
Hey Fellow Alaskan! I just picked one up at Costco, amazing deal! New SUB!
Oh yay glad you found one there! Thanks for following along 😁😁
Check out Phil at 4800 feet. He did peanut butter and chocolate. Found him by searching freeze drying peanut butter after seeing your video. I have a freeze dryer on order.
Anything powdered that you can't freeze dry is probably just dehydrated. I've actually made peanut butter powder by just smearing a thin layer on my dehydrator mats and putting it in the food processor once it's dehydrated. I don't know if it's going to last 30 years, LOL... I'm guessing not... But it never lasts that long in my house anyway. For storage I just use vacuum sealant in small bags or mason jars .or mason jars. (I also vacuum sealed the jars.) I've never thought about doing honey but I'm going to try it now, the same way I do peanut butter.
Peanut butter powder is made by removing the oil from roasted peanuts and grinding up. That’s what Google said. But I make jam and it’s really easy. I wish I grew my own sugar cane to make better sugar. I grow the peppers and buy fruits from local farmer to make spicy jams
You're learning so much - I am proud of you! By the way I have found like a 24 pack Box of Big Hunks at Sam's Club. My Local Sam's Club doesn't always have them, so they are hit & Miss. Big Hunks come with Peanuts or Almonds by the way. The ones at my Sam's Club have been Peanut only (not Almond).
I'm new to your channel. I enjoyed your video on freeze drying and not freeze drying stuffs. I don't have a freeze dryer yet but would love to get one, just out of my budget at the moment. Thank you
@@janetroche3648 thanks for watching!! It’s fun to just learn about and maybe get one in the future 🥰
I tried brats, they didn’t do well either. They splattered grease and juices all over the insides, it was difficult to clean it up. Lesson learned.
@@lizzymn2619 ugh yes that’s unfortunate 😑😑😑
I had watched an older guy doing a video on freeze drying peanut butter but I'm not able to find it now, but while looking I did see a video for peanut butter (I haven't watched it yet) but it was made by "Rain Country" you might check out.
@@carried7239 someone commented about his video too! I need to find it
Canning jam is very easy! You can do it!
@@patzumach3425 I’m excited to try! I already bought my pot / canning supplies / jars. Thanks for the encouragement 🥰
I recommend purchasing the All American Pressure Canner. It's the best ever! I have three other brands, and they can't compare. I freeze dried a chocolate cake, cut up in very small pieces. My grandson loves it but you are correct, bread products don't normally work. I enjoy your videos very informative.
@@juanitadafler7233 Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check that one out!
@DIYfreezedry the ball company makes a jelly making machine. EASIEST way to make jams and jellies.
@@braff4135 oh that’s cool!! I’ve never heard of that I am gonna check it out!
Store bought frozen meatballs - similar to your hot dog experience. I thought it would be great to have shelf stable meatballs, but it just didn't work and left behind a smelly mess.
Peanut powder is what is left over from the pressing of peanut oil.
Another candy to freeze dry is Hi-chews. Cut them in half to freeze dry. So good.
@@BigDrew67 sooo good 🤩
Choc. Reisens do well too
@@j.s.6659 I’ll try those next time
I would like to suggest you check the book on freeze drying from Homestead Family for home use or live life simple for candy.
@@JoanWakefield oh good idea i haven’t seen theirs I bet has great info
@@DIYfreezedry I ordered their book, but I believe that it does not ship until September 2024 🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@lulamamie8524 oh wow must be back order or something - bummer!
Not back ordered, just pre-sales. She just finished her book. She also has a segment on FD avocados. The guy on Live Life Simple is doing a second book and he has been freeze drying for years. I am waiting forine to ship.😁
I learned about the weiners when I made a large batch of beanie weenies and tried to freeze dry the leftovers. Not good.
@@tonyavermillion2364 haha sometimes we have to learn by experience 😅
thank you. I do freeze dry meats with their fat intact and other things with fat in them, like whole milk. I just make sure they are fully dry (by weighing until they no longer lose weight) and properly packaging afterward.
but I did find that freeze-drying fresh apple juice didn't work-it bubbled and puffed up so much it got all over the whole machine- a mess!
@@jeansroses7249 oh no I hate when it makes a giant mess! I’ve had major candy messes a few times 😅 good to know the warning about the fresh apple juice 😆😆
Where do I find your mayonnaise recipe? I couldn't find it in the links 🤔
Pb 2 is peanuts they extracted the oil/fat.
I think I might know what they do for peanuts. I press my own oil, and the residue is very dry and powdery. I haven't tried peanuts yet, but I BET, that what comes out is oil and any dry solids out the other side. I will give it a try and update. I'm sure the dry bits taste like peanuts.
honey will crystalize and then you can powder it
The magic of Honey Powder relies on a unique process called co-crystallization. Honey is mixed with a simple sugar, in this case cane syrup, to actually change the molecular structure. This new honey solution is then spray-dried to create a powder.
Can you FD scrambled eggs that have been cooked with a little butter
@@TheDidjidude you can but it may reduce the shelf life - the fat spoils faster than the food itself.
I feel like if you want powdered nuts you should roast them and stick them in a blender to make the powder it makes sense to me
I think they Dry peanut butter. Like in a dehydrator. Just saying things you cannot freeze dry you should be able to dehydrate.
Can you freeze dry brewed coffee to become a instant coffee?
@@jenniferlopez8495 I just watched someone on Tik Tok who did this! It worked! The product looked a little on the sticky side but I just wonder if they didn’t let it go long enough…. But they said it tasted great when rehydrated
@@DIYfreezedry can you freeze dry with a regular freezer (I can't afford a freeze dryer)
powdered honey is dehydrated.
@@redbeard36 ok I never knew that!- someone else commented the same too, very cool
I’ve had problems with plums and I don’t know why. Plums are low in fat and low in sugar, so they should freeze dry. Initially they seem to. Immediately out, they “break or crack” like any other food, but if you press the “meat” of the fruit it squishes because there’s still water in there. After about a week or more I’ve opened Mylar bags only to have “rubbery” plum slices, it doesn’t make any difference if I cut the skin off first or not, the “meat” refuses to completely dry even after the weighing test or after 60 hours.
Any clue what it could be? I don’t have social media accounts outside of UA-cam and haven’t found any one try freeze drying them… freezing yes, canning yes, but not freeze drying.
@@MisterEMystery oh that’s surprising I would think they would work fine so that’s frustrating! I haven’t tried plums yet - if I find good ones at the grocery store I’ll pick some up and see if they come out the same… produce in Alaska isn’t always great 😆
Great info! Best channel!
@@carebear8146 thanks sooo much 🥰
The key with FAT is ZERO O2, Cool/Cold and ZERO light. I know of one person that FDd 20% fat burger and it was perfect after 3 years.
Most ingredients when incorporated into a recipe FD just fine.
Most candies that people say do not work need to be heated in the oven first. When using the oven use the TEST MODE.
@@stevenfeil7079 thanks for that advice that’s so helpful! I actually have candy in right now and I pre warmed the tray and it’s looking awesome
The jam is one I don't understand - you can't fd jam because of the sugar content, but you can freeze dry Jolly Ranchers, which are pure sugar....
@reneebeam426
When fd’ing candy like Jolly Ranchers you’re not freezing the candy so much as heating it up. Candy Mode heats up candy to 140-150 degrees and then sublimating it (pulling out whatever small amount of water is in there).
Freeze Drying food, the machine freezes the food and then sublimates it as it heats it up to 120 degrees.
I hope this helps explain why sugar doesn’t freeze dry but it does “cook” dry.
@@MisterEMystery ahhhhhhhh.... makes sense. Also explains why some candies do a better if you do some tray warming first
Its not even sugar, its gmo high fructose corn syrup. 🤮
@@MisterEMystery ahhhhhh
I wonder if you dehydrate the jams first and turn it into fruit leather, then break it apart and put it in the freeze dryer. I'm thinking it might work for jams, jellies, and non maple syrup.
You can freeze dry honey and avacados in a Commercial Cuddon Freeze Dryer
TY for shearing.
Honey is turned into powder by spraying the honey into an aerosol and heating the mist.
If you cant freeze dry jam and honey due to high sugar why can candy be freeze dried?
If you want powdered honey you have to heat it to a certain temp and use a hand mixer to mix, and mix, and mix. It will first turn into creamy honey, then all of a sudden it turns to powder. You have to leave it out to cool and dry, but there you go. It's the same with maple syrup too.
@@christinaburney5935 really? That’s so cool! I love the creamy honey too.
@@DIYfreezedry Yeah.
I also think this is how sugar is made too. Or they cook and let it dry in a big lump, and then grind it up.
People used to make salt like this too. In clay pots, and kept adding more salt water when the water evaporated. When it cools they break the clay off the salt rock.
Have you tried to freeze dry Fry sauce
@@Mountain_Man no! But I like that idea!
Would roasted garlic and lemon rind work?
yes!
Powdered or freeze dried honey is made with a commercial freeze dryer.
Milk duds freeze dry very well.
Thanks
You can FD hot tamales you have to heat in over. The flavor to me is not the same.
I never tried heating them in the oven - that’s cool they worked! But bummer flavor wasn’t there
Thx for the info 🎉
We do Milk duds. And peeps.
My kids loved the peeps when we did them one easter. Those are fun! milk duds sound great
I did milk duds so good.
Oh yum!!!
My first thought was freeze dry honey😂
I wonder if they don’t just freeze dry the peanuts, and then grind them up afterwards. 🤔
Dehydrator...Dehydrator.....Dehydrator! Butter, milk, peanut butter and many more. I saw this because I do these and have complete success.
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i heard that you have to crystallize it first
@@mayadapowell7868 ahh that makes sense
Can you freeze try bushes beans
yes beans work well!