Powdered apple - uses?

[rarerollingobject]

Rummaging the specials bin at a gourmet shop today, I came across a small tub of "Organic Dried Powdered Apple". It's not pectin powder, just ground apple and I think meant to be a flavouring as they had different varieties; ground dried banana powder, pineapple etc.

Apart from all those molecular gastronomy foams et al, what uses do you think one could have for this? I need some inspiration!

[prasantrin]

I wonder if you could do something like this "candy apple" from RyuGin.

I can't remember much about how it's made, but if you google "candy apple" and Ryugin, you might be able to find more information.

[Pille]

Not as fancy as the candy apple above, but I use dried & powdered lingonberries, blueberries, sea-buckthorn berries, apples etc to give flavour to my breakfast yogurt or oatmeal. A spoonful is usually enough to lift the dish..

[mkayahara]

Alex Talbot and Aki Kamozawa, the chefs from the Ideas in Food blog, just did an article for Popular Science on freeze-dried foods, and included a recipe for white chocolate apricot bars that calls for freeze-dried apricot powder. You could substitute the apple powder and I'm sure it'd still be good! The recipe is here.