Good evening!
So, the other night I mentioned trying my hand at making dried apple rings in my oven. Well, it was already 10:00 at night, and the instructions said to turn the oven to 150 (or the lowest setting) and bake for 10-12 hours. Needless to say, I wasn't staying up all night. No way. I did have to get up at 6 am for Field Day, though, so I figured that would be fine. I mean, the worst that could happen was that I'd have crunchy chips, instead of chewy rings, right? Well, here they are...
...my crunchy chips. Yep, crunchy. Yes, the ones on the bottom rack burned. Overall, though, they were pretty tasty! So, I'm going to try this again...during daytime hours. ;)
Here is how I did it...
I washed and cored a couple of organic gala apples. I used a mandolin to evenly slice them. (Mine were pretty thin...no wonder they turned into chips!) I sprinkled them with pumpkin pie seasoning, and placed them on cooking racks in a single layer. I them put them in the oven on the lowest temperature.
Here is what I've learned...
If I'm trying to make chips, then thin is great, but for rings I need to make them thicker.
Shorter cooking time for thinner chips, longer for thicker rings.
Rotate the racks, top to bottom and front to back.
Be awake to keep an eye on them!
I'll let you know how it goes!
Have a great day!
:)
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