Dehydrated Apple Chips
Apple chips are very easy to make if you have a dehydrator and great for snacks or side for lunches. You can bring them camping and backpacking or eat them at home speared in almond or pumpkin seed butter. This recipe takes only 3 ingredients but you can just do plain apples if you prefer.
The hardest part of this recipe is slicing the apples, but the thickness really depends on your preference. If you want thin, crispy chips cut them thin. If you prefer the more chewy apple chip then you can cut them a little thicker but dehydrate them for about the same time. You can use a mandolin for consistent, evenly dried chips if you like but please watch your fingers! I just use a regular kitchen knife and get them roughly the right size. If they’re just for me and my family I don’t mind having some odd shapes and varying chewiness. If you are serving these on a charcuterie board or just as apple chips to guests I would use the mandolin to make them look and dehydrate more uniformly.
Dehydrated Apple Chips
Ingredients
3-4 apples
1 tbsp lemon juice
1-3 tsp cinnamon - ground
Directions
Wash and dry apples. Slice apples into disks starting and the bottom of the apple. Do not worry about taking the core out, it will dry up and the seeds will fall out as you cut up the apple
Lightly coat in lemon juice and sprinkle with cinnamon (I rub the apples against each other to get a light even coat of cinnamon on both sides)
Lay in single layer on dehydrator trays for ~10 hours at 50°C. Times may vary depending on how crispy you like your chips
Enjoy straight up, with nut or seed butter or on a charcuterie board with your favourite cheeses