Food and Recipes Recipes Apple Chips Be the first to rate & review! Apples and cinnamon are the only two ingredients in this recipe, and believe us when we argue this may be one of the best snacks you can make for yourself. The Apple Chips are crisp at the first bite and become soft as you chew. A kitchen mandolin is used to slice these apples into 1/16-inch thick rings. These slices are then lightly coated in cinnamon before baking for 2 hours at a relatively low oven temperature. The time in the oven allows the moisture in the apple rings to evaporate and the sugars in the apples condense inside the rings. When the apple come out of the oven, they will be shriveled and yet still feel soft to the touch. After a long time at 225°F, the natural sugars in the apple's flesh melt and take on a liquid state, which accounts for the softness of the warm apple rings. However, these sugars recrystallize and harden as the apple chips cool, giving them a unique sweetness and crispness, making them all the more irresistible. In addition to being tasty and easy to snack on, these apple chips can be enjoyed guilt-free because they maintain the fiber and nutrients of an apple with no added sugar. By Micah A Leal Micah A Leal Micah Leal is a chef and recipe developer with more than 5 years of professional experience in restaurants and bakeries such as Husk Restaurant and Harken Cafe & Bakery in Charleston, South Carolina. Micah Leal is an enthusiastic chef with a special interest in the food science and culinary histories that shape the recipes people make today. His reputation for making recipes accessible and thoughtfully teaching difficult kitchen techniques is informed by his experience as a pastry chef as well as his background as a high school teacher. He has also developed nearly 200 recipes for southernliving.com and Southern Living Magazine. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on July 17, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Micah A. Leal Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Ingredients 2 medium Gala apples 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon Directions Preheat oven to 225°F. Place 2 wire cooling rack inside 2 rimmed baking sheet or cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Wash and dry outside of apples. Using a mandolin*, slice each apple into 1/16-inch thick rings. Use a small round pastry cutter or a knife to cut out the core of each slice, making doughnut-like rings of apple. Toss apple rings in a bowl with cinnamon until evenly coated. Spread apples on prepared baking sheets without allowing any of them to overlap. Bake in preheated oven for 2 hours, flipping the apples over halfway through baking. Allow to cool to room temperature. Chef's Notes If you do not have a mandolin, a very sharp knife can be used to slice the apples, but the slices won't be as consistent. A mandolin is an affordable piece of kitchen equipment that makes this recipe infinitely easier, and once you taste these Apples Chips, we promise you'll use the mandolin again and again to make more. Rate it Print