Humpastry Day - Apple Chips and the Giveaway Winner!

Apple Chips:

I was at Costco the other day and saw a huge bag of dried apple chips for sale.  It got be thinking about how I could probably make them myself, so when I came home I decided to try.  I can not believe how easy it was!  Because I don't have a mandolin, I had a hard time getting my apple slices thin enough, so some of them turned out chewier than others.  That being said however, they all turned out really good!  My family gobbled up all of the slices for an after dinner treat.  Literally, they were all gone within 15 minutes! :)

Ingredients:
Makes 4 cups

*  4 apples **Note:  I used Braeburn apples, but I'm sure you could use any variety
*  2Tbl. sugar
*  1/8tsp. cinnamon

Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 225 degrees.
2.  Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and set aside.
3.  Slice the apples crosswise into 1/8" thick rounds.
4.  Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper (or a silpat).
5.  Arrange the apples on the baking sheets and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture on top of them.

6.  Bake for 1 hour.
7.  Peel the apples off of the parchment paper, then return them to the paper.
8.  Continue baking until golden crisp, about 30 minutes more.  **Note:  It took longer than 30min. for some of the apples to crisp up because they were thicker than 1/8".  However, the chewy ones were actually really good too.  So, if you want more of a chewy dried fruit consistency, you could probably cut the bake time down. 
9.  Remove from the sheet, let cool, and gobble them up!  Or, store in an airtight container for up to 5 days!

Now, for the CSN Giveaway Winner!!!


Thanks to random.org,, the lucky winner is:

Amber at Almost Vegan!!


Congrats Amber!  Email me your address and I'll send it to the wonderful people of CSN!