Capture fall flavors in this delicious snack! This simple recipe for Pear Chips with Pumpkin Dip is free of gluten, dairy, eggs, and soy!
Fall is coming soon, and it’s approaching much faster than I expected this year! Even though the official first day of fall isn’t until Tuesday, I am ready for fall flavors and foods.
I think the early snow we had a couple weeks ago quickly changed my gears from summer to fall earlier than expected. The weather tried skipping fall and moving right into winter! But right now the weather has been perfect, I’m just waiting for our next day of snow…
Our Summer Snow on September 11th
In honor of harvest flavors, I decided to include pumpkin spice in this month’s Recipe Redux recipe. The September Recipe Redux theme is dehydration!
Get Your Dehydrator On! Whether it’s extra garden bounty or a sale at the supermarket – dehydrating food is a budget-friendly way to stock up for later. You can use a food dehydrator, a low slow oven, or natural sunshine to preserve natural healthfulness. Show us how you like to dehydrate, or a healthy recipe for how you enjoy using dehydrated fruits, veggies or other bounty.
I don’t have a dehydrator appliance, and I resisted the urge to buy one just for this challenge, so I used the low and slow oven dehydration method.
I was a little wary of doing this since my lowest oven setting is 200 degrees and I thought my pears slices would burn easily, but it worked out really well and it still took over an hour for my pear slices to dry completely, which is far from scorching.
Baked Pear Chips
Baked Pear Chips
Gluten free, Paleo, Vegan; Free of: dairy, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, eggs, cane sugar
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RatePrep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 101kcal
Ingredients
- 2 pears variety of choice, unpeeled
- Optional: ground cinnamon or other spices
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to it's lowest setting, or to 200 degrees F. The lowest setting on my gas oven is 200 degrees, so that is what I used for this recipe.
- Using a mandoline*, slice your pears crosswise (horizontally) in 1/8th inch slices (or just shy or 1/8th inch) until all of the pears are sliced. You can slice the pears by hand if you don't have a mandoline, just make sure the slices are uniform so they dry consistently.
- Discard the very end pieces and remove the seeds from the inner slices.
- Arrange the pear slices in a single layer on wire cooling racks or wire drying racks. Sprinkle the pear slices with cinnamon or other spices if you are using them.
- Move your racks to the the oven and bake for about 60-80 minutes, or until the pears are completely dried. Keep close watch on your pear crisps since the bake time will depend on your oven and slice thickness. If your lowest heat setting is less than 200 degrees, then it will take longer. If your pear slices are very thin*, it will take less time.
- Turn off the oven heat and let the pear crisps sit in the oven for another 30-60 minutes to continue drying without heat.
- Store in a sealed bag or container. Enjoy!
Notes
Notes: Slicing your pears to less than 1/8 inch will make them dry faster, but they may end up too fragile and crumbly if they are too thin
Nutrition
Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 206mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 0.9% | Vitamin C: 9.3% | Calcium: 1.6% | Iron: 1.8%
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The pear chips are so good! I had a hard time NOT eating them all and saving some to photograph (and share with my kids…). The Pear Crisps are amazing on their own, but you can jazz up the recipe if you like by making some Pumpkin Spice Dip to go with it.
The pear and pumpkin taste really good together! My kids loved the pumpkin dip and ate the rest of it with crackers when the pear crisps were gone.
Pumpkin Spice Dip
Pumpkin Spice Dip (Vegan)
Gluten free, vegan; Free of: dairy, soy, peanuts, eggs
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RatePrep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 122kcal
Ingredients
- 6 ounce container So Delicious Greek style Coconut yogurt vanilla or plain
- 1/2 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
- 1 Tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice*
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Vanilla Creme Stevia drops to taste
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the coconut yogurt, pumpkin, maple syrup, spices, and vanilla, and mix together thoroughly.
- Serve with your favorite crackers or pear crisps. Store leftovers in the fridge.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice, use: 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ginger Dash of pinch each of nutmeg and all spice
Nutrition
Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 69mg | Potassium: 148mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 190.6% | Vitamin C: 3.1% | Calcium: 20.9% | Iron: 7.8%
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Sarah Jane Parker is the founder, recipe creator, and photographer behind The Fit Cookie. She’s a food allergy mom and healthy living blogger based in Wyoming. Sarah is also an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, ACE Certified Health Coach, Revolution Running certified running coach, and an ACE Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist
Jody - Fit at 56
October 20, 2014 at 6:21 pmLooks so delicious!!!!!
athletic avocado
September 29, 2014 at 3:18 pmthis is incredible! gonna put my dehydrator to good use! YUM!
Abby @ BackAtSquareZero
September 23, 2014 at 5:41 pmThis look amazing, and I never thought of pear chips.
Carrie (This Fit Chick)
September 23, 2014 at 2:10 pmI wish I had a dehydrator! This combo sounds intriguing! pear and pumpkin- I like 🙂
Sarah Jane
September 23, 2014 at 3:26 pmNo worries! I used the oven to make these – no dehydrator necessary 🙂
Sam @ Pancakewarriors
September 23, 2014 at 8:04 amOh my this sounds amazing. I’ve never thought to make pear chips! I’m definitely trying this soon! Can’t believe you already had snow! Thanks for sharing
Holly Larson
September 22, 2014 at 6:57 pmWhat a great idea to use pears instead of the usual apples – very creative ( and love anything using pumpkin – yummy dip idea!)
Mireya @myhealthyeatinghabits
September 22, 2014 at 12:51 pmI don’t have a dehydrator so I’ll have to wait a while longer before I make these. Can’t wait for the weather to cool down to try them.
Sarah Jane
September 22, 2014 at 2:51 pmI don’t have a dehydrator either! I used the oven for this recipe so anyone could make it 🙂
tara pittman
September 22, 2014 at 11:43 amI love fall for baking. I need to make these. Now to buy some pears.
Elle
September 22, 2014 at 10:48 amNever thought to try pear with pumpkin but it looks good. I like to dehydrate fruit in the oven.
Sarah Jane
September 22, 2014 at 3:04 pmI wasn’t sure how it would taste together, but pear and pumpkin make a great combination!
Allie
September 22, 2014 at 10:34 amThat pumpkin spice dip looks divine.
Sarah Jane
September 22, 2014 at 2:52 pmThanks Allie! 😉
Emily @SinfulNutrition
September 22, 2014 at 10:01 amUgh I can’t believe you already have SNOW! I am not envious of you, haha. Pear chips are genius! I’ve seen apple chips, but never pear chips. And I’m pretty sure I would dip just about everything in that pumpkin dip. Including my face 😀
Sarah Jane
September 22, 2014 at 2:55 pmI know! The snow came pretty early this year. At least the weather has warmed up again for a little while, but I know it will get chilly again soon!
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul
September 22, 2014 at 9:58 amThese look delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Sarah Jane
September 22, 2014 at 2:56 pmThank you Erin!
The Food Hunter
September 22, 2014 at 8:50 amwonderful snack idea
Farrah
September 22, 2014 at 7:47 amI’ve been craving pears recently; I should attempt to make some of these! 😀
Sarah Jane
September 22, 2014 at 2:57 pmIf you make them let me know how you like them!
Megan (The Lyons' Share)
September 22, 2014 at 6:27 amWow – genius! I have made apple chips in the oven but never thought to do pear chips. And anything creamy, pumpkin-flavored, and healthy is right up my alley, so I can’t wait to make the dip! 🙂
CARLA
September 22, 2014 at 6:18 amD*MN YOURE CREATIVE.
pear chips? who knew….
jill conyers
September 22, 2014 at 4:55 amThis is brilliant! I just bought 2 pears and I’m going to use one of them to try this. Yum!
GiGi Eats
September 21, 2014 at 6:12 pmHa! I should have made a PEAR DIP to go with my Pumpkin Chips recipe I am posting tomorrow! 😉
Sarah Jane
September 22, 2014 at 3:00 pmHaha, totally! I need to get over and see your recipe 🙂