I am ready to plug back in! Not only to the computer, but to more mindful eating! It has been a crazy 2 weeks. Full of distractions, parties, feasting, playing, socializing, working, and eating. As fun as it all is, isn’t it nice to be back into a routine again.
Today’s idea is apple chips! For some kids (and parents) with fruit texture issues… this one is for you. My flip-flopper does not like cooked fruit, but crunchy or crispy she can handle. So we sliced up some apples to make into apple chips.
- First boil apple juice with either a cinnamon stick or cinnamon.
- Then we sliced apples as thinly as possible. (crosswise so the core was in the center. No need to seed it, they just fall right out)
- Then we boiled the apples in the apple juice till they were somewhat transparent.
- Then we took the apple slices out of the boiling juice, and patted them dry.
- I laid them on a cookie rack (the kind you cool cookies on) and placed the entire rack in the oven at 250 degrees.
- We baked until they were dry and slightly browned.
- Final product: Delicious apple chips!! So much tastier than potato chips.
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Interesting! My son is a flip-flopper with apples. This might be a way to get him to eat more apple during those times when he’s decided that he doesn’t like them.
What a great idea!! And simple, too! We’ll definitely be trying this out at our house. Thanks!
Cathy, I bet he does like it. The crunchiness takes away texture issues for most kids I think.
I hope you like it. They took a good 45 minutes to dry out in the oven… but I didn’t towel dry them first, so hopefully it wouldn’t take that long.
Mmm, can’t wait to try it! Thanks!
It looks great! In our country, we put pear and crystal sugar together(no need to add any water), and steam it untail the water oozed from the pear. The “pear water” can improve the symptom of cough, especially when women who were pregnant and not allow to take medicine. This is a tranditional therapy.
I tried this today and it did not work! I don’t know what I did wrong but the apples were wrinkled up and some were crispy with no flavor and some were all mushy still. I cut the apples with my mandolin so there were all the same thickness! I was so disappointed because we were really looking forward to them! So it anybody has any tips to make it better I’d love to hear them!!
Hi Caiti,
It’s literally been so long since I made these, I can’t remember the details. I’ll try them again and let you know if I can think of any tricks we used. It seems like the apples we’ve been getting from the store lately haven’t been very sweet. If you are starting with apples that have good flavor, I think adding a little extra cinnamon might help them be more flavorful. If anyone else follows up on this post, I’ll let you know though.
I think with most things I experiment with, it takes a few times to get it the way I like it, so maybe just trying them a few more times is the key?!?
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