Salted Caramel Apple Chips

By rebecca78

"I've experimented with a few different ways of cooking them and found it's best to cook them on parchment paper so they don't stick to your pan and you don't have to flip them. They also cook really well on a pizza stone, not to mention a lot quicker (about an hour versus two). Slice your apples really thin with a mandoline or a sharp knife. The key to baking the perfect apple chip is making sure each slice is roughly the same thickness, allowing them to bake evenly."

Ingredients

• salt
• parchment paper
• 8-10 small apples
• 1/4 cup caramel dip or squares
• 1 T butter

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 225°F.

Thinly slice apple.

Melt caramel in microwave on 50% power, 30 seconds at a time until melted. Alternatively, you could melt caramel in a pan on low-medium heat. Add a tablespoon of butter, adding caramel once the butter has melted, and cooking until caramel melts.

Dip half of one side of the apple slice into the caramel. Do not dip both sides into the caramel, as that will prevent it from becoming crispy.

Place non-caramel dipped side on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake in oven for about 2 hours.

After 1 hour of baking, check on your apple slices. Remove once the apples begin to brown.

After taking out of the oven, sprinkle salt over the chips, allow to cool (they will become more crisp as they cool), then enjoy!