This time of year apples are everywhere, especially if you are lucky enough to live in or near the Apple Capital of the World; Washington State! Fresh, local, and organic apples are so plentiful and cheap right now, I just can’t stop buying huge quantities of them.
One of my favorite ways to use up ripe apples is to make Apple Chips. There isn’t much to this recipe, especially if you have a mandoline but the reward is great. These apple chips taste so fresh and sweet without any added sugar. They smell fantastic when cooking!
If you have a toddler like me, it is a fun activity to do together and a great opportunity to explore different flavors by using a variety of apples and having a “taste test”!
NOTES:
- If you don’t have these sheet pan cooking/cooling racks (which by the way are amazing for all kinds of things!) then just line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- You can use any variety of apple – I encourage you to experiment and find your favorite!
- I have made these with ground cinnamon sprinkled on top, even with pumpkin pie spice but we prefer them plain and unadulterated.
- Storage: We almost never have any left-over but I have stored them the same way I store Kale Chips (see notes section for details).
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Apple chips
- 4 apples I used gala
- 1/2 lemon
- ground cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice optional
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Preheat oven to 200F. Wash apples and slice off the top.
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Set your mandoline to 3mm or 1/8" and slice apples.
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Place apple slices in a bowl and squeeze lemon juice over them.
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Assemble one layer on a cookie sheet fitted with cooking rack insert or parchment paper.
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Cook for one hour. Gently turn and cook for an additional hour.
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Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes (they may not feel completely crisp when you first pull them out of the oven but after 10 minutes they will be). Enjoy!
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Could I use lime juice instead of lemon juice?
That should work!
I was all set to buy the mandoline slicer to make these, but I am wondering what happens with the cores? Do you have to take the cores out of the apples first?
Nope Bonnie! Most of the seeds just fall out as you are slicing and if not, you can easily pop out the 2 or 3 who get “stuck”. Other than that, with the slices being so thin, the core is just as edible as the rest (just don’t eat the seeds!).
I read on a ww blog if you dried fruit the points are no longer zero because the sugar in dried fruit is different to fresh fruit.
Hi Hann,
It’s totally subjective. I always used the rule that as long as I was only eating about 1 serving, it was still 0 Points Plus. If you think you should count it, you have to do what is best for you body and your plan. Good luck 🙂