Apple Chips Recipe

So tell me something: Have you been kicking it around here long enough to remember when I blogged 7 days a week (back when we called this space Making Love In The Kitchen)? Much has changed since those days, but the important stuff has stayed the same – mainly that I love creating recipes with you in mind. Today’s easy recipe: Apple chips! Sure, you can buy these ready-made, but they are just so fun to make. And the smell of them baking in the oven with that little hint of cinnamon is so good. Oh yes! I can’t really take credit for apple chips. That’s a bit like taking credit for popcorn or kale chips. You take an awesome fod, and you change it a little with some heat and shazaam, you create a special treat. Now this one might possibly be pushing the limits of the 7-Day No Sugar Challenge in that taking fruit and drying it out, whether by the sun, by baking it or in the dehydrator, will concentrate the sugars, and what we want to do is eat less sugar. But this apple chips recipe is a fantastic weaning-off snack and its very kid-friendly.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF APPLES

You really get a lot of nutritional bang for your buck when purchasing apples, particularly when they’re in season. They contain:

• Antioxidants, particularly Vitamin C, which is important for the immune system and helps us process stress
• Soluble and insoluble fibre, which aids digestive health, blood sugar balance, and cardiovascular health
• Quercetin, a polyphenol that helps with seasonal allergies
• Flavanols and polyphenols that reduces inflammation (polyphenols also help us generate beneficial bacteria in our digestive tract)
• Anti-cancer, anti-asthma, and anti-diabetic properties

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the key to successful apple chips

The key for successful apple chip making is slicing those apples super thin. You can do this with:

• a mandolin (please mind your fingertips)
• a very sharp knife
• or, my tool of choice – the spiral slicer using the flat blade.

See? Just like that, apple chips are so easy. This is where I put on my infomercial headphone and am all, “And here you can take a regular old apple, stick it in the thing, turn the other thing and you have perfectly shaved apples that make great decorative apple flowers and apple chips!”

To keep your blood sugar stable while snacking on this goodness, I always add a little cinnamon. This super spice helps make your cells more sensitive to insulin (a really good thing) and as such, helps to stabilize your blood sugar. Another great tip is to enjoy these dipped into your favourite nut or seed butter. As baking dries out the apples, don’t forget to have some extra water at some point in the day to keep everything moving. I hope you try this apple chips recipe and love it as much as we do. Print