Oven Baked Apple Chips with Lime Flavor
A delectable crunchy treat for an apple maniac. These crispy oven baked apple chips will increase your obsession in every crunchy bite. The lime flavor makes the sweet apple chips more decadent.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 1 cup Water
- ½ cup Sugar
- ⅛ tsp Lime Zest or lemon zest
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice or lemon juice
- 3 Apples any variety
Instructions
- Combine water, sugar and lime zest in a sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil. Now reduce the heat to medium.
- Simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Add lime juice and mix well.
- Remove from heat. Set aside to cool down.
- Wash the apples in cold running water.
- Using a knife or mandolin slicer, cut the apples into very thin slices. Remove the seeds while slicing the apples.
- Place the slices in a deep bowl.
- Pour the cooled lime syrup over them.
- Cover the bowl with a lid.
- Let it sit undisturbed for 8 hours or overnight to infuse the lime flavor into the apple slices.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degree F (95 degree C).
- Line a pan with parchment paper or use a silicone mat.
- Apply some oil if using a parchment paper so that the slices won't stick.
- Spread the apple slices on the parchment paper.
- Bake for 4 hours for a crispy sweet apple chips. The edges will start to make curls.
- Remove from heat. Let it cool down completely.
- They will not be crispy until it cools down.
- The crunchy sweet oven baked apple chips with lime flavor is ready. Start munching.
- Keep the chips in a sealed air tight container.
Notes
If you want to reduce the infusing time, soak the apple slices for 4 hours and then bake.
Even after baking for 4 hours, you may not feel the apple to be crispy. They will be a little mushy and flexible when hot. But once cooled down completely, they will be crispy.
The remaining sugar syrup will have a mild lime and apple flavor. You don't have to discard the syrup. Use it as a sweetener in smoothies or juice.
Even after baking for 4 hours, you may not feel the apple to be crispy. They will be a little mushy and flexible when hot. But once cooled down completely, they will be crispy.
The remaining sugar syrup will have a mild lime and apple flavor. You don't have to discard the syrup. Use it as a sweetener in smoothies or juice.