In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make
oven baked potato chips. As a first experiment I tried to just make a
vanilla batch. They mostly came out OK. One potato made three
batches, The first batch i forgot that my oven bakes unevenly, and
didn't rotate them until late in the cooking. The third batch, I
burned my hand putting them in and spilled them all over.


They were great, and I could see them replacing most potato side
dishes except for one thing. It seems a lot of work to make them on a
per chip basis.

The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't
overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put
them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.

Suggestions?

"MilwaukeeConnaisseur" > wrote in message
...
> In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make
> oven baked potato chips. As a first experiment I tried to just make a
> vanilla batch. They mostly came out OK. One potato made three
> batches, The first batch i forgot that my oven bakes unevenly, and
> didn't rotate them until late in the cooking. The third batch, I
> burned my hand putting them in and spilled them all over.
>
>
> They were great, and I could see them replacing most potato side
> dishes except for one thing. It seems a lot of work to make them on a
> per chip basis.
>
> The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't
> overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put
> them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.
>
> Suggestions?


Try baked whole potatoes. It's a new thing and recipes might be hard to come
by.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:09:55 -0600, MilwaukeeConnaisseur
> wrote:

>In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make
>oven baked potato chips. As a first experiment I tried to just make a
>vanilla batch. They mostly came out OK. One potato made three
>batches, The first batch i forgot that my oven bakes unevenly, and
>didn't rotate them until late in the cooking. The third batch, I
>burned my hand putting them in and spilled them all over.
>
>
>They were great, and I could see them replacing most potato side
>dishes except for one thing. It seems a lot of work to make them on a
>per chip basis.
>
>The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't
>overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put
>them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.
>
>Suggestions?

At one time there was a handy little gadget called the Micro Chip that
made potato chips in the microwave. A google search turned up a lot
of hits, but I don't know if any were the actual manufacturer. Check
out

http://www.as-seen-on-tv-products.ws...___HWCM1-.html

Several other people told of using the maker and offered suggestions
for various flavors to add to the chips. We had one once and as I
recall it made passable potato chips.

Ron Kelley

MilwaukeeConnaisseur wrote:
>
> The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't
> overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put
> them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.
>
> Suggestions?

Buy a convection oven. This is exactly what
a convection oven does best -- drying stuff
out while baking it.

"MilwaukeeConnaisseur" > wrote in message
...
> In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make
> oven baked potato chips. As a first experiment I tried to just make a
> vanilla batch. They mostly came out OK. One potato made three
> batches, The first batch i forgot that my oven bakes unevenly, and
> didn't rotate them until late in the cooking. The third batch, I
> burned my hand putting them in and spilled them all over.
>
>
> They were great, and I could see them replacing most potato side
> dishes except for one thing. It seems a lot of work to make them on a
> per chip basis.
>
> The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't
> overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put
> them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.
>
> Suggestions?

Get off of potatoes altogether, unless it's an occasiona baked potato.
Their glycemic index is off the charts. You might as well just apply them
to your ass.

"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
...
> The message >
> from Ron > contains these words:
>
>> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:09:55 -0600, MilwaukeeConnaisseur
>> > wrote:
>
>> >In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make
>> >oven baked potato chips.
>
>> >Suggestions?
>
> Buy frozen low-fat oven-chips?
>
> Janet.
I think terminology is a problem here. I think the OP is posting about
making crisps or potato chips and you are thinking of chips or French Fries.
I think. . .
Janet