These thin and crispy cinnamon apple chips are a great snack when you are craving something sweet and crunchy. Learn how to make homemade apple chips in an air-fryer or oven.

Apple chips are made from thinly sliced apples, sprinkled with cinnamon, and slowly baked or air fried until crispy. Low heat removes moisture, caramelizes the natural sugars, and crisps up these thin apple slices. A light dusting of cinnamon gives these apple chips a warm flavor.

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These oven baked beet chips may become your favorite snack. The flavor is slightly sweet and earthy, salty, with a satisfying crunchy texture.

Tips for Making Oven Baked Beet Chips

• Choose beets that are similar in size. That way, the beet chips will cook evenly in the oven. Also consider choosing beets that are small enough to fit your food processor feed tube or mandolin blade.
• Be aware that beets are messy and can stain your clothing, counters, and kitchen linens.

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Drying apples is a great way to preserve the fresh fall harvest. Here are three ways to dehydrate apples for winter food storage, including air-drying, oven drying, and using a food dehydrator.

While fall apple picking is a fun activity for family and friends, it may be overwhelming when you come home with so many apples. Most apples can last several months when stored in a cool location, such as a root cellar or basement.

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No sunshine required to make these homemade sun dried tomatoes. Drying tomatoes is a great way to preserve the harvest and save storage space. 20 pounds of tomatoes will reduce down to about one pound of sun dried tomatoes.

Drying intensifies and sweetens the tomato’s flavor making sun dried tomatoes an ideal snack if you are seeking something a little sweet.

Enjoy dried tomatoes out of the jar as a snack, or chop and use in salads, sandwiches, breads, and even as a pizza topping.

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Whether you found a great deal on peppers at the farmers market or harvested a bumper crop of chiles, you can turn that bounty into a shelf stable pantry staple that will add lots of flavor to your meals. Here are three ways to dry peppers for food storage.

Got peppers? Drying is an excellent way to preserve peppers. Dehydrating removes the moisture and concentrates the flavor and heat of the peppers.

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