Diane, A Broad
October 26, 2012

Pumpkin Spice Apple Chips

This is one of those recipes I had to make five times over before I posted it on the blog, because each time I made a batch I ate all of it before I got pictures.

You’d be surprised how quickly one smallish Asian girl can scarf down two apples’ worth of chips, especially if they’ve been baked to a caramelly brown and have the scent of pumpkin spice coming off of them.

Can you tell I’m obsessed? In fact, I’ve got another batch of them in the oven right now, making the apartment smell of apple pie heaven. I keep thinking I’m going to wrap them up all pretty and give them to friends as little gifts, but then I just eat them all again. I mean, it’s not like they’re deep fried or anything.

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Pumpkin Spice Apple Chips

Pumpkin Spice Apple Chips

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 230°F (110°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. If you’re not using the pumpkins spice syrup, combine the sugar, water, and cinnamon in a small saucepan and set over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until all of the sugar melts. Remove from heat.
  3. If desired, use an apple corer to remove the cores of the apples. Using a mandoline (or a very sharp knife if your knife skills are better than mine), make very thin (1/16″) slices of apple. If you didn’t core the apples, remove the seeds with your fingers as you go.
  4. Lay the apple slices in a single layer on the baking sheets. Brush with either the pumpkin spice syrup or cinnamon sugar syrup. Bake for 3 hours, or until the chips are completely crisp and slightly browned. Allow to cool completely, remove from parchment paper, and store in an airtight container. These chips will keep for up to a week, but they probably won’t last that long.

Notes

Try using other flavors in the simple syrup! I’ve made these with vanilla-flavored syrup for the Frenchies who hate cinnamon, and it was equally delicious, if not quite as olfactorily homey.

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Music to cook by: Skinny Love [Birdy // Birdy]

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  • http://pamanner.wordpress.com Pamela

    They are the best! Addicting!

  • http://tableofcolors.wordpress.com tableofcolors

    What a good idea to give them as gifts! They will make perfect Christmas gifts for teachers etc!

  • http://icastel.wordpress.com icastel

    Never had them, but now I want some :) The photography is great. Nicely set up.

  • http://foodfortina.blogspot.com Tina @foodfortina

    Great idea, great recipe, and I agree with icastel, great photos and set up!

  • http://gravatar.com/mouverchuiqui mouverchuiqui

    think a dehydrator would work?

    • http://dianeabroad.com Diane, A Broad

      I can’t say, having never owned a dehydrator, but I imagine so.

    • Oline Wright

      very likely as this is a oven method to dehydrate the apples

  • http://www.chewtown.com chewtown

    I’ve been thinking lately that I wanted to try apple crisps. I love the sound of yours! I’ll have to give them a go soon.

  • http://playfulandhungry.com Playful and Hungry

    Yummy! Good to know that this works without a dehydrator, too!

  • alearram

    these are delicious!! I added a bit of pumpkin pie spice to the syrup as well :) hmmm!