These…are amazing. Chris and I bought a bunch of apples and were thinking about how to use them up. He came up with the idea of crunchy apple chips. I was skeptical they would actually become crispy in the oven, but these turned out like potato chips, but with flavors of fall – apples and cinnamon.
The recipe I used as a guide is from Sally’s Baking Addiction. The baking time is long, 2 to 2.5 hours and at low heat (200 degrees). I found the extra 30min of baking really makes a difference in achieving the crispy texture. I tested them after two hours, and the texture was more like dehydrated apples. By 2.5 hours, they were crispy like chips. Sally also recommends letting them cool in the oven for an additional hour, but I started eating mine right away and there were none left after an hour. I’m lucky I had enough for the photo, actually!
Two kitchen tools that make this recipe a breeze are an apple corer and a mandoline slicer.
- 3 medium apples
- cinnamon and sugar - for sprinkling
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Core apples and slice thinly with a mandoline or sharp knife.
- Arrange in a single layer across 2 or 3 baking sheets.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
- Bake for 2.5 hours until crispy (flipping once mid way).
- Allow to cool and enjoy!