Caramelized Apple Chips

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living

Categories: Appetizers- snacks

Ingredients

  • 1 small apple
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a lightly greased wire rack in an aluminum foil-lined 15 × 10-inch jelly-roll pan.
  2. Cut apple into 1/16 inch slices, cutting through stem and bottom end using a mandoline. Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
  3. Add apple slices, and cook, stirring often, 10 to 12 minutes or until apples are slightly translucent and syrup begins to thicken. Remove from heat. Quickly remove apples from syrup, 1 at a time using tongs, and place in a single layer on wire rack in pan. Discard remaining syrup or save for another use.
  4. Bake apples ar 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden; remove from oven. Transfer apples to lightly greased wax paper, using tongs. Cool completely (about 10 minutes). Apples will crisp as they cool.
  5. makes about 2 dozen

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