Baked cinnamon apple chips

I'm missing some east coast fall from out west. Big pumpkin patches. Cider doughnuts at Carter Mountain. Apple-picking in Ipswich. Admittedly, it does seem to be a produce-related problem. 

The solution: apple chips.

Ingredients

Granny Smith, Red Delicious, or Pink Lady apples*
Cinnamon

*One apple fills up an entire baking sheet.



1. Preheat the oven to 200F.

2. On its side, slice each apple as thinly as possible. Apples that are too thick won't bake up crispy.

3. Lay apple slices on a cookie sheet that is either lined with parchment paper or very lightly greased. Do not overlap slices.

4. Sprinkle with cinnamon to taste.

5. Bake apples for 1 hour.

6. Remove apples from oven. Turn each slice over.

7. Bake apples for 1 hour (2 hours in total).

8. Remove from oven. Let cool (and crisp!).

Note: This is not a sugary snack. Surprise: it tastes like apple. 

Frozen yogurt bark

At the very least, this froyo bark is beautiful. At the very best, it provides an excuse to eat breakfast (or dessert?) at any point in the day. 

Ingredients
2 cups of yogurt*
2 tablespoons of honey

*Plain Greek yogurt is ideal, but I used Kefir because it's 99% lactose free

Possible toppings
Fresh figs, mango (any sugary fruit that won't get rock hard when frozen)
Dried fruit
Dried coconut
Chocolate chips
Cacao nibs
Chopped nuts

1. Whisk together yogurt of choice and honey.

2. Spread the mixture into an even layer on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. 

3. Top with your choice of toppings.

4. Freeze until set (a few hours). 

5. Break or cut into pieces and store it in an airtight container in the freezer.

One note: When eating, hold the bark with wax or parchment paper. Or feel the frost bite your fingers. Your choice.

All thanks to my Buzzfeed Food addiction.