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Drying Herbs

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Fresh herbs

Instructions
 

  • Clean and trim the herbs, discarding the stems. For herbs such as chives you will want to cut them into small pieces before drying.
  • Place parchment paper on a sheet pan, and you can put a cooling rack on top of the parchment paper to allow better air circulation.
  • Place a single layer of the herbs out on the sheet pan.
  • Place in a convection oven at the lowest temperature setting (usually 150 or 200 degrees).
  • Dry for one hour and check. Fine herbs like parsley, cilantro or chives will probably be dry while thicker herbs such as basil may take more time.
  • Process the dry herbs and store in a mason jar. I found I can usually just put the dried herbs in a bowl and crush them with my fingers. A food processor can grind them too fine.