Apple and Pear Chips

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Ingredients

2 Pears
2 Apples

Rated: (5/5), based on 2 reviews

I’ve been buying gorgeous pears and apples at the farmer’s market lately, and I decided to try my hand at homemade fruit chips. If I were you, I would pull out all your cookie sheets and layer them up with lots of fruit because when your family tastes this recipe, they’re going to go fast!

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Catherine McCord Catherine McCord is a chef and founder of weelicious.com, an interactive website to inspires parents to cook fast, fresh and easy recipes for their families and also involve their kids in the cooking process so they learn how to treat their bodies well from day one!

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Make It:

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

2. Using a mandoline, thinly slice the apple and pears into “chips” (I love my hand mandoline, but you can also cut them with a knife into thin slices if you don’t have one).

3. Place the slices on a Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet making sure not to over lap the pieces.

4. Bake for 1 hour, turning the “chips” halfway through (if you live in a humid climate, they may take a bit longer).

5. Cool and serve.

* You can place several cookie sheets in the oven at the same time if you want to make a large amount.

Clean it:

Apples are on the EWG’s Dirty Dozen list of produce with the most pesticide residues. Opt for organic apples or just do pears.

Green it:

Save electricity by turning off the oven 10 minutes before you’re done baking your chips (just don’t open the door and let the heat out before the chips are done baking). You may have to try the recipe once before trying this tip – just so you know exactly how long the chips take to bake in your oven. Baking in bulk also helps conserve electricity.

Make it fun:

Chips are so fun and delicious, your kids may get a little impatient waiting for them to cool (after they already waited so patiently while they baked!). Maybe invent your own chip song and dance to pass the time having fun and laughing with your kids.

Image courtesy of *Noema* / CC BY-SA 2.0