If you are looking for an easy but delicious and HEALTHY snack idea, check out this Easy Baked Cinnamon Apple Chips Recipe!
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Easy Baked Cinnamon Apple Chips Recipe
I was snacking away on veggie crisps a few months ago and my friend told me that I was eating a horrible, horrible snack. Once I turned the bag over and examined the list of ingredients, I realized that there were more artificial colors and preservatives in my new snack than there were veggies!
He suggested that I just slice up some of my favorite veggies or fruits and cook them in the oven, and I kind of laughed. It couldn't possibly be that easy, could it? As it turns out, NO, it is not that easy...with most things.
Of all the veggies and fruits I tried, apples were the most successful, so I had to share this Easy Baked Cinnamon Apple Chips recipe with you!
Seriously, look at these things. I was so proud of myself that I grabbed the camera and took some photos so that I could show them off!
The only downside to this super easy recipe is that it takes just about forever and a day to make them. All of that slicing, peeling, and the baking time itself - you are going to want to make a huge batch of these delicious apple chips at once, because once they bake and dry out, they are really small!
Once you make them, it takes literally five minutes to eat an entire batch. So it is really no wonder that people just buy these things at stores instead of just trying to make them from scratch.
Even though they are super healthy and quite tasty, you should be aware that you do have to put in a lot of work for quite a small amount of tasty reward.
Easy Baked Cinnamon Apple Chips Recipe
Ingredients needed to make this Homemade Apple Chips Recipe
- One Bag of Granny Smith Apples
- Cinnamon
Yes, that is really all you need to make these tasty little snacks! You can use brown sugar or just regular white sugar and cinnamon for a sweeter version, but you really don't need to. They are fantastic just as they are!
Directions for making this Homemade Apple Chips Recipe
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Using a potato slicer (that's all I had on hand that would work for this), slice your apples one by one. You SHOULD use a mandolin - I actually got one not too long after making this recipe the first time and it is a great tool to have in the kitchen!
Lay them evenly across your cookie sheet and sprinkle liberally with cinnamon.
Bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours, then turn the oven off and keep them in the oven for another hour.
You can use an apple corer to remove the core before slicing, but I thought it made them look really ugly, so I threw them out and started over just slicing them. I love the little flower design in the middle of the apples, I think it looks so pretty!
You can put your baked apple chips in a Ziploc bag for a day or two, but I have to tell you: they will never last that long!
If you think about it, each apple only produces about 10 apple chips, and they go like hotcakes!
They are so thin and crispy and just perfect for snacking.
Who needs potato chips?
Not me!
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Easy Baked Cinnamon Apple Chips
Ingredients
- One Bag of Granny Smith Apples
- Cinnamon
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 200 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
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Using a potato slicer (that's all I had on hand that would work for this), slice your apples one by one.
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Lay them evenly across your cookie sheet and sprinkle liberally with cinnamon.
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Bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours, then turn the oven off and keep them in the oven for another hour.
Anne - Mommy Has to Work
I could eat them all, they look so good!
Kathleen
These really are so simple and easy to make, and a great alternative to more fatty alternatives.
HilLesha
I've heard it's easier to make different kinds of chips with a food dehydrator opposed to an oven, but I have never tried either. I'd love to, especially this recipe. It looks relatively easy to make! 🙂
Tammy Litke (@threedifferent)
Okay I have so many apples left over for an event that we brought them too and they didn't all get eaten. I'm going to try making some of these with them!
Raijean S
That looks yummy, a great snack.
Angela
These look great! I'm going to try it soon.
Celeste
Could you use a food dehydrator?
Jenn
To be honest, I am not sure. I don't own one so I haven't tried it myself. Maybe try it with one apple, so that it's not wasted if it doesn't turn out? Good luck!
Ty
What a great snack! These look really good!
Jill
These look great! I have a whole bunch of apples to use up, so am going to try this. Pinned!
Lauren C.
We love apple chips but have never thought about making them at home! Thanks for sharing at Tater Tots & Jello!
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Liz
even though they may take awhile, they look devine! this is for sure something i would love to make for my family!
Michelle
They look beautiful--I like that you kept the core intact.
Kelly
I made these yesterday and while they made my house smell yummy... they didnt turn out crisp?? more like saggy??
Jenn
That's odd! I have made them a few times and they turned out crispy. Were they sliced super thin?