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Cinnamon-Sugar Pita Chips

By Ashley Moore

Published on April 14, 2014

Time

35 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

Yield

Serves 8

Cinnamon-Sugar Pita Chips

Ingredients

4 (8-inch) pita breads 3 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon kosher salt 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Before You Begin

Use whole-wheat pita bread, if you like.

Instructions

  1. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees. Using kitchen shears, cut around perimeter of each pita and separate into 2 thin rounds. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and salt in bowl.
  2. Working with 1 round at a time, brush cut side generously with melted butter and sprinkle with spice mixture. Stack rounds on top of one another, cut side up, as you go. Using chef’s knife, cut pita stack into 8 wedges. Spread wedges, cut side up and in single layer, on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake until wedges are golden brown and crisp, about 15 minutes, rotating and switching sheets halfway through baking. Let cool before serving.
Cinnamon-Sugar Pita Chips

Cinnamon-Sugar Pita Chips

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Time

35 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

Yield

Serves 8

Ingredients

4 (8-inch) pita breads
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

4 (8-inch) pita breads
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

4 (8-inch) pita breads
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Test Kitchen Techniques

Why This Recipe Works

Store-bought pita chips are fine, but the homemade version is even better, and surprisingly easy, not to mention you can customize the flavors, like this buttery-sweet version. First, we separate each 8-inch pita into its two component layers. We season the split rounds with butter, cinnamon, and sugar before stacking them and cutting them into wedges—much easier than seasoning each individual chip. They’re perfectly cooked after only about 15 minutes in the oven, and luckily, we found that flipping the chips was unnecessary—they bake up evenly crisp and flavorful as is.

Before You Begin

Use whole-wheat pita bread, if you like.

Instructions

  1. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees. Using kitchen shears, cut around perimeter of each pita and separate into 2 thin rounds. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and salt in bowl.
  2. Working with 1 round at a time, brush cut side generously with melted butter and sprinkle with spice mixture. Stack rounds on top of one another, cut side up, as you go. Using chef’s knife, cut pita stack into 8 wedges. Spread wedges, cut side up and in single layer, on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake until wedges are golden brown and crisp, about 15 minutes, rotating and switching sheets halfway through baking. Let cool before serving.

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