Apple Chip Madness!!

My father-in-law loves to bring fresh fruits or veggies when he visits. Lately, he's been bringing tomatoes. There's nothing like fresh tomatoes... *drool* but then he surprised me with a bag of apples from a nearby orchard. Crisp, sweet apples that are snack size, perfect right? Until he gave me another bag about a week later. And then 40 pounds a week after that. Um... all these apples and yet I'm not in the mood for apple pie...

We are on a semi-health kick right now and the kitchen is partially demolished since my husband decided to stain all the cabinets so I broke out the dehydrator and made apple chips!

Apple Chips
5 apples
1/4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp cinnamon
lemon water

Ok... it's really this easy:
1. Slice the apples thin with a mandolin.
2. Toss them in the lemon water while you finish the rest.
3. Layer them on the dehydrator trays, not touching.
4. If you want the cinnamon option, mix the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the slices. I did half plain, half cinnamon.
5. Dehydrate at 155 degrees for about four hours. If your slices are thicker, you will need to leave them on for a bit longer.

Do not share... everyone will want them! So after devouring the first batch of these, I used the rest of the apples and made batch two. Then I went to the store and bought more apples to make more chips... I think I'm a bit obsessed right now. On top of all these apples, my father in law is going to bring me a 30 lb box of "not so pretty" apples. Apparently you can buy less than perfect looking apples at a discount. Yummy!!!