Dried Apple Crisps Recipe

Dried apple crisps are so easy to make and taste delicious, especially when sprinkled with cinnamon. They are a brilliant way to preserve and store even more of the lovely apples that I get from my trees. Plus they make a fantastic homemade gift.

If you like this recipe then you may also like my Lavender Ice-cream, Elderberry cough syrup, and Apple Cider Vinegar recipes.

Ingredients For Making Dried Apple Crisps

• apples (you can use most apples)
• ground cinnamon (optional)
• caster sugar (optional)
• sharp knife
• Baking trays

How To Make Dried Apple Crisps

You can do these with pretty much any apple.

Wash the apples and slice them so that they are a few mm thick (thicker slices take longer to dry out) and place them in a bowl. Sprinkle a generous amount of ground cinnamon over them and toss them using your hands. I found using my hands helped to spread the cinnamon over the apples better than a spoon.

Now place them on either wire racks or baking sheets and pop them in the oven for 4-5 hours on the lowest temperature (plate warming).

If you’re using a baking sheet you’ll need to turn the apple slices over every hour so the moisture can escape.

Finished Dried Apple Crisps

When they’re done they will feel a little leathery and bendy (they should not be moist) when they first come out. Leave them to cool for about half an hour and then put them in an air-tight jar where they will crisp up. They need to be totally cool before you put them in a container.

Oven Efficiency:

Because it takes quite a while to bake the apple crisps try and use all the shelf space available to you, including the floor of the oven. The apples will also shrink after a couple of hours allowing you to move them about and free up one if not two of the trays to put more apples in!