Halloween Chips

A few years ago I was making dinner for a neighbor that had just brought home baby number 2.  She already had a toddler at home and since the focus tends to be on new baby, I wanted to come up with something fun for her.   It was close to Halloween so I took my family’s tortilla recipe and created Halloween Chips.  

You start with a recipe for tortillas:

4 cups white flour – or 3 cups white flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

½ teaspoon salt

¼ cup canola oil

1 ½ cups warm water

In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients.  Mix together with your hand and add more water if needed into the dough until it forms a solid ball but is not too sticky. 

 At this point you will want to decide what color/colors to use for your chips.  I used orange to make pumpkin chips.  Add your food coloring and knead the dough for 5 minutes to mix the coloring in.

Roll the dough out on a clean surface; you don’t need to flour the surface.  The thinner you roll it the crispier your chips will be. 

Use cookie cutters to cut out your chips. 

Using a metal spatula, place them on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 for 10 minutes.  Turn them over and bake for 2 more minutes.  If you like salty chips, brush them with water and sprinkle with salt BEFORE you bake them.

                                                                                                                    

Then serve with your favorite salsa or dip and enjoy. 

I served these with a Black Bean and Corn Salsa:

1 can black beans, drained

1 can corn, drained

½ green pepper, chopped

3 tomatoes, chopped

1 jalapeño minced – you can use more or less depending on how hot you like it

2 T lime juice

1 tsp cumin

Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients together and enjoy.

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