How To Dehydrate Pumpkin (and make Pumpkin Powder)
Learning how to dehydrate pumpkin and making pumpkin powder saves room in your pantry and is easy to rehydrate or add to all sorts of baked goods.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1+ Pumpkin
Instructions
Dehydrate Fresh Pumpkin
- Wash and dry the pumpkin. Cut it in half and remove the seeds and string. The seeds can be set aside and roasted later. Remove the stem part as well.
- Place the pumpkin, cut side down on a lined baking tray.
- Bake at 200˚C (400˚F) for around 45 to 60 minutes. It is ready when a fork easily pierces the flesh of the pumpkin.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Scoop out the pumpkin flesh. This flesh can be mashed up or pureed in a food processor.
- Spread on a dehydrator sheet or baking paper at about ¼ inch thick.
- Place in the dehydrator at 51˚C (125˚F) for 8 to 10 hours. You can also do this in an oven, set at the lowest possible temperature for about 6 to 8 hours.
- After about 3 hours, turn the pumpkin over so that it dries evenly.
- The pumpkin will be fully dehydrated with it is stiff. It will crack when you try to bend it.
- At this stage, you can break the pumpkin into chunks and store it in an airtight container or make pumpkin powder.
Dehydrate Canned Pumpkin
- To dehydrate pumpkin from a can, spread the pumpkin purée, at about ¼ in thick, on a dehydrator sheet or baking paper.
- Place in the dehydrator at 51˚C (125˚F) for 8 to 10 hours. You can also do this in an oven, set at the lowest possible temperature for about 6 to 8 hours.
- After about 3 hours, turn the pumpkin over so that it dries evenly.
- The pumpkin will be fully dehydrated with it is stiff. It will crack when you try to bend it.
- At this stage, you can break the pumpkin into chunks and store it in an airtight container or make pumpkin powder.
Making Pumpkin Powder
- To make pumpkin powder, place the dried pumpkin in a coffee grinder and grind into a powder. If using a food processor to powder the pumpkin, you may need to pour the powder through a fine-mesh strainer to sift the coarse bits out and reprocess.
- Store the pumpkin powder in an airtight container, in a cool, dry place for up to 5 years.
Rehydrate Pumpkin Powder
- To rehydrate pumpkin powder, use a ratio of 4 water to 1 pumpkin powder. Therefore, mix ¼ cup of pumpkin powder with 1 cup of hot water.
- Allow the mixture to sit for 20 to 30 minutes, then give it a stir.
- This can be used as pumpkin purée.
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Nutritional information is an estimate and provided as a courtesy. The values may vary according to the ingredients and tools that are used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed information.