Dried Cinnamon Apple Chips

I feel like I’m swimming in apples we picked so many from our trees this year. We’ve experimented with some delicious apple cider, and of course made some applesauce, but I wanted to add even more variety. These dried cinnamon apple chips are ridiculously simple, yet bursting with flavor!

The many benefits of cinnamon

Everyone knows that cinnamon goes with apples like peanut butter and jelly, like stinky perfume and great aunt Edna. What you may not know however, is how absolutely good for you this fragrant spice is. Cinnamon helps control blood glucose levels and helps manage weight. There have been many studies, including this one, that have shown it to be incredibly helpful for diabetics. These researchers found that cinnamon and ginger both:

 “Significantly reduced body weight and body fat mass; normalized serum levels of liver enzymes; improved lipid profile; decreased blood glucose and leptin and increased insulin serum levels… also increased activity of kidney antioxidant enzymes.” (source)

Not only is cinnamon a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, but it can help the body kick cancer and even fight infections. Double brownie points for being delicious. (source)

Dried apple chips

One of my favorite ways to use these cinnamon apple rings is chopped up in my oatmeal for cold mornings. They’re also great as a snack just by themselves. Since they’re dried, all of the flavor gets concentrated down into each tiny bite, so they’re bursting with fresh apple flavor.

You can also throw these into a cake, quick bread or muffin recipe for a quick and easy apple flavor. Add them to granola or yogurt for a delicious snack. You can turn them into an apple pie or cobbler, or even make some of these yummy looking caramel apple energy balls.

I cannot recommend enough getting one of these handy dandy machines. It makes processing apples so much smoother and more efficient. I’m all for hard work, but this time saver will help you get your apples done faster, like 20x faster! It also cuts the guess work out of trying to get even slices. Seriously, that takes forever to do by hand!

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Dried Cinnamon Apple Chips

Ingredients

• Apples
• Apple peeler/slicer - the one I use and love
• Dehydrator
• Cinnamon

Instructions

1. Core the apples and thinly and evenly slice them. The thicker they are the chewier they'll be. I chose to leave the peels on mine, but peel if desired.
2. Lay the apple slices on the dehydrator trays and sprinkle with cinnamon
3. Dehydrate at 115 degrees until dry, but still somewhat pliable.
4. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. If you notice condensation on the sides of the storage container, pop the apples back in the dehydrator to remove the excess moisture.

© 2024 Recipe from The Herbal Spoon