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OK so I'm on a roll today. Martin you read my mind so I broke out a pizza screen and some 2*2 I had already cut. It has been hot and for the most part dry as far as humidity and rain I will bring in at night time and set back out in day. Will try to update daily as I figure about 3 days. Oh yea I ate a few and picked a few more to try to dry this is a carry over from another thread ;)
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I have dried some in the dehydrator and came out perfect. In the Mediterranean, it is a common scene to see figs on top the roofs being dried. Humidity is low and sun is sharp.
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Try making some fig preserves as well.

I made some today, using Herman's simple recipe: Figs, sugar, lemon, and that is all.

The good news was it was amazingly delicious. 

But the bad news is, I can't stop eating it!  ;-)

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keep them anywhere at a persistent 120-130 degrees F for 8-10 hours and they should be nice and dry.
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Sal i first got the idea few years back on the other forum i believe.
I talked to italian on west coast of Italy that posted pictures and asked some questions.
Its hard to dry for me cause they ripen to late when nights get to cool and humid most seasons even putting them in garage at night for me.
But anyways SAL i see you cut your in half and i would thing help dry faster.

Sal if you like this fella took bunch of whole figs and threaded string or fishline thru them i forget and hung them to dry .
Maybe you can try this also one time see how it works in your climate.
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Has anyone tried drying figs in an electric oven with just the light on?  My oven light will heat up the oven, but not very hot, like it would cook anything.

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My grandma used to dry figs and persimmons in her oven with the door cracked. It had a pilot light on all the time... Man, I wish I had a gas oven for fig drying!

I put some figs in the dehydrator we have here, and it took about four batches to get the right consistency needed to make the filling for the Italian fig cookies my family's crazy about. Had to leave the figs whole, save for cutting off the neck.

They came out really well :)

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Sal, those look great!  I'm starting to pick more figs than I can eat now.  So, I bought a good dehydrator off eBay yesterday.  Now that I got the birds under control, I want to preserve my figs.  Yes, I've made lots of Fig jam and have made jam using dried figs too and man ole man  is it good!  So from what I have learned, you just slice the figs, place them on the tray and set the temp for 130 degrees for 8 hours.  I that correct?  Good job Sal!  How bout those figs!!!!!!  Dennis
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Vivian--I've dried them successfully in our ancient electric oven. I started with it set on "warm" and had to turn it up a bit, but they turned out fine.

Dennis and anybody else that's interested, I once made some fig jam that didn't set up, so I spread it on the non-stick sheets that came with my dehydrator and turned it into fruit leather. That's been the biggest hit so far with my kids, in terms of dried fruit (I'm sure the added sugar was the main reason they liked it so much).
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