Originally Posted by Edible Canvas Creations:
I had the same thought Charity. I like my cookies tender and chewy and it seems logical a dehydrator would pull moisture from the cookie. So I'm skeptical to buy one. I'm a glaze icing girl and use a heat gun to stop cratering, so I'm not in need of the dehydrator for that use. I'm just not sure I can be convinced it doesn't change the texture of the cookie.
Originally Posted by Cookies by Charity:
I know there has been some discussion about dehydrator temps and them causing rippling on icing and such. What I always wonder is, if a dehydrator pulls moisture out of the icing to speed up the drying time, then isn't it also pulling moisture from the cookie hence making the cookie dry? This is what is stopping me from getting one.
But I also like the fact that I don't have to stand waving a heat gun over my cookies; I just set them in the dehydrator and move on to do other things. No down time this way. I'm also not sure a heat gun would have any less of a drying effect on a cookie - some run darn hot and they heat up everything surrounding the cookie, including the cookie too.