Apple Chips

I am always trying to think of good snack ideas for my kids, things to give them for lunch or easy and portable breakfast ideas.  Thanks to my husband by kids also love chips.  So, that brought me to apple chips and I figured they couldn't be too hard to make, right?

So, a quick google search and I landed on this recipe.  It stood out to me because of the sugar water soak.  Any other recipe I read about just seemed like the chips would kinda be leathery, like dried fruit and not all that  sweet.  I'm not usually a fan of added sugar but I also want to make something that they will EAT and something that the baby can (physically) eat and fruit leather isn't going to be easy for him.

In true me fashion I used what I had on hand, which happened to be granny smith apples.  I figured they have a nice bite to them, bake well and the sugar soak should counter their tartness, I was right.  

I simply sliced the apples however I could manage, as thin as I could manage, but a mandoline would work much, much better and they would be prettier.

First make a batch of sugar water for the soak dissolving 1 1/2 cups of sugar into 2 cups of water on the stove top. 

Then, slice 2-4 apples paper thin and squeeze lemon juice on them as you go to prevent browning and drop them into your sugar water.  

Soak your apple slices in the sugar water overnight.

The next day pat them all dry and then lay them out on parchment paper on a cookie sheet and bake in your oven at 200 degrees for an hour to an hour and a half.  The apples will be CRUNCHY like chips and oh so wonderful.  I also sprinkled a little cinnamon sugar on half of my batch and that was equally as yummy.