Yummy Banana Chips!

Have leftover bananas and hungry for a healthy snack? Try these Yummy Banana Chips! Inspired by Martha Stewart's Baked Plantain Chips* in her Everyday Food Magazine. Instead of using plantains, go bananas! 

Yummy Banana Chips!

Simple and healthy snack to make using bananas and a few spices.

Prep Time: 10 min

Total Time: 50 min

Yields: 4 servings (1/2 of a banana each, or baking sheet-full of chips)

Ingredients

• 2 medium bananas
• 1 lemon
• 1 t ground cinnamon
• Salt and pepper

Baking Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350° F. Spray baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. 
2. Peel and thinly slice the bananas on a diagonal and place the slices in a single layer onto the baking sheet.
3. Cut and squeeze lemon juice into a small pourable container. Mix 1/2 t ground cinnamon into the lemon juice container.
4. Pour half of lemon juice mixture over banana chips and season with salt and pepper.
5. Bake 18-20 min or until golden and crisp on one side. 
6. Take the baking sheet out of the oven, flip banana chips with a spatula and pour remaining lemon juice mixture and season with salt and pepper.
7. Bake again for 18-20 min or until golden and crisp on other side.
8. To store, place in an airtight container, up to 3 days. 

*Note: For more servings, add 1/2 banana for every additional serving.

*Websites Cited

"Baked Plantain Chips." Martha Stewart Recipes. Martha Stewart Living, n.d. Web. 30 Mar 2013. <http://www.marthastewart.com/333882/baked-plantain-chips>.