Homemade Tortilla Chips

Tortilla chips are quickly becoming a staple in our house. We eat a lot of Mexican-inspired dishes that seem to call out for a side of tortilla chips. And if Eric's sweet tooth isn't acting up, he usually reaches for chips and salsa to snack on. I love chips and salsa too, but store bought tortilla chips are just too salty for me. I eat maybe a handful out of a family-size bag.

Last week I was making tomato and chile shredded chicken with a cheese sauce that begged for tortilla chips. Sadly, we had run out chips, but there were flour tortillas in the fridge. I have made my own chips from tortillas before, but not for a while. I had forgotten how good they are, and since I get to control the seasonings, they are no where near too salty. Considering that Eric mentioned that we should pick up extra tortillas at the grocery store instead of another bag of tortilla chips, I think he likes them too.

Ingredients:
Tortillas (flour, corn, or wheat, I used 8-inch but you can use whatever size you have on hand)
Olive oil
seasonings (salt, onion powder, chili powder . . . whatever you like, we tend to prefer a cayenne pepper and garlic powder)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.

In a bowl, stir together olive oil and seasonings. Set aside.

Cut your tortillas into 8 slices like you would a pizza. Brush both sides of the tortilla chips with the olive oil mixture. Arrange in a single layer on the greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 6 to 10 minutes, flipping the chips after 3 to 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

~Krissy

More Chip Recipes:
Baked Apple Chips
Banana Chips
Homemade Pita Chips
Kale Chips 
Pepperoni Chips
Potato Chips in the Microwave
Snowflake Tortilla Chips
Yellow Squash Chips 
Zucchini Chips 2.0

Pepperoni Chips

This is one of those recipes that I tried just to see if it really worked. Don't get me wrong, I love pepperonis, and there is nothing better than a pepperoni with crisp edges on a pizza, but I don't have any real desire to snack on the little meats. Eric, on the other hand, will usually polish off a bag of pepperonis before I get around to making whatever recipe I bought them for. So I knew if these chips did work, I'd definitely have someone to eat them.

Well, I'm happy to report that it is incredibly easy to turn pepperonis into chips. But I'm going to be honest with you, these things are way too salty for my palette. Granted, I'm highly sensitive to salt. And if I had made a dip to go with them, maybe the saltiness wouldn't have been as pronounced. However, Eric absolutely demolished the entire batch. He loved them. And when I mentioned them to his parents, his dad's face lit up. He loves salty snacks. 

Recipe adapted from here.

Ingredients:
Thinly sliced pepperonis

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place pepperonis on a cookie sheet or a pizza stone (we used a pizza stone) in a single layer.

Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until the pepperonis are crisp.

Place chips on a paper towel-lined plate and allow to cool.

Eat plain or with dip.

Enjoy!

~Krissy

More Chip Recipes:
Baked Apple Chips
Banana Chips
Homemade Pita Chips
Kale Chips
Potato Chips in the Microwave
Snowflake Tortilla Chips
Yellow Squash Chips 
Zucchini Chips 2.0

Baked Apple Chips

Every autumn Eric and I go to the cider mill in St. Johns, host a fall dinner party, and go apple picking. Sadly, this year there will be no apple picking. The dry, scorching hot summer hurt a lot of farmers, including the apple orchards. Even if we can't pick our own apples this year, we can still buy them at the grocery store. So I am starting my apple cooking/baking with apple chips, a tasty, healthy autumn snack.

Ingredients:
1 apple
1 tablespoon cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
1/2 tablespoon sugar
pinch of salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. 

Mix cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, and salt together in a small bowl. Set aside.

Cut both ends of the apple. Using a mandoline, slice the apples as thin as possible. The thinner the slices, the crisper your chips will be. Remove any seeds from the slices.

Place the apple slices on the baking sheets in a single later. Rub the spice mixture onto one side of the apple slices.

I almost forgot to take a picture of the unbaked apple chips.

Bake for 30 minutes, flip the chips over, and bake for another 30 to 60 minutes or until the chips are lightly browned and crisp. Allow to cool.

I love how the edges become wavy.

Enjoy!

~Krissy

Also Check These Fall Recipes:  
Acorn Donuts
Applesauce Cookies with Caramel Frosting
Pumpkin-Black Bean Soup with Spicy Sausage 
Cheese Tortellini in a Pumpkin Sauce
Cinnamon-Sugar Pastry with Pumpkin Dip
Mini Pumpkin Pies
Pumpkin Bread!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Brownies
Pumpkin Caramels!
Pumpkin Oatmeal



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Potato Chips in the Microwave
Zucchini Chips in the Microwave
Homemade Pita Chips