Easy Baked Tortilla Chips

Biceps has a definite “sweet tooth”-he caves at the sight of brownies, chocolate chips, and ice cream. I, on the other hand, have a “salty tooth”-put a bag of chips in front of me and watch my will power crumble.

 


I (and my waistline) needed to find a replacement for store bought chips. I’ve often seen recipes that require frying tortillas in oil-which ups the calorie count considerably. I decided to experiment and bake my own chips.

 


Here is the calorie breakdown:

One Guerrero tortillas equals 55 calories and makes about 4 chips. There are even lower calorie tortillas-this was just what I had on hand. (Whole Food’s brand are a little less at 46 calories per tortilla).

 


Here is what you will need to make your very own Easy Baked Tortilla Chips:

Tortillas of your choosing-I used corn tortillas
Table Salt
Kitchen Sheers

 


Preheat your oven to 250 degrees. Stack 2-3 tortillas on top of each other and cut into fourths.

 


Lay the cut tortillas on an ungreased cookie sheet.

 


Dip your fingers into water and sprinkle the top of the tortillas.

 


With a dry hand, sprinkle salt onto the tortillas. (I failed to dry my hand off and the salt stuck to my fingers. Please forgive me and learn from my mistakes….).

 


Bake at 350 degrees for 5-7 minutes or until crispy, turning once.

 


Eat the chips while they are still warm, paired with your favorite salsa. Feel awesome knowing you did something a little better for your body.

Ole!!

 

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15 Responses to "Easy Baked Tortilla Chips"

  1. Gwen says:

    That is a great idearrrrrrrrrr!!!! I’m eating broccoli for breakfast…does that count?

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  2. Kara says:

    What a great snack idea!! Healthy AND delicious! Thanks for sharing at my party! Have a great weekend 🙂

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  3. Chris says:

    Stopping by from the Anything Goes Linky! http://kingofsaving.com

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  4. mom says:

    Sea salt would be even better. But I would be tempted to add cream cheese. I guess that would negate the goodness of the baked chips. By the way how many did you eat? That seeems to be an important factor.

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  5. Katie @ Little Becky Homecky says:

    Thank you so much for linking up this week to Fantabulous Friday @ Little Becky Homecky! Did you enter the giveaway yet?
    http://littlebeckyhomecky.blogspot.com/2012/04/fantabulous-friday8-fashion-to-figure.html

    Katie @ Little Becky Homecky

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  6. JoAnn says:

    Giving this a try! thanks for sharing.
    JoAnn

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  7. Jill says:

    Great idea – and they do look just as tasty as the store bought ones!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  8. Darlene in North GA says:

    Rebekah,
    Is the 250 degrees correct or should it be 350??
    I put mine in for 7 minutes and they weren’t even dried out – still soft. So I left them in longer…and longer…turned the heat up to 275 and they STILL didn’t get to where they needed to be for another 10 minutes or so. total time to cook was about 25 minutes at 250-275.

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    • Rebekah says:

      Darlene-
      I’m so sorry for your confusion! When I first posted this, I did write 250 and then quickly corrected it when I saw what I had done in my post! They need to be on 350 for 5-7 minutes. Please forgive me and my stupid fingers for originally typing the wrong temperature!!!

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  9. Lisa says:

    This is a great idea, I love how healthy! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂

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  10. Kayla says:

    Thank you thank you thank you! I too am calorie conscious and I have a weakness for chips and salsa. Salsa is almost free but chips? Yeah, that’s where they get you. I love that with this recipe I can choose the tortillas I start with. Maybe I’ll try something with some grains, maybe not. Maybe I’ll cut them smaller- maybe not. The possibilities are ENDLESS! Thank you so much for sharing with us all. I’m trying these ASAP. Oh- and if you get a sec I’d love for you to stop into my debut session of Sweet Sharing Monday (weekly linky with features) http://saynotsweetanne.com/2012/sweet-sharing-monday/

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  11. Rebecca @ Natural Mothers Network says:

    What a great idea- delish! Thanks for sharing this at Natural Mother’s Seasonal Celebration Sunday! x

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  12. Claire @ Polkadot~pretties says:

    Thank you for linking up this lovely project!!!
    This week’s linky party is up, i would love you to stop by and link up another fabulous project….
    http://polkadot-pretties.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/you-inspire-linky-party_21.html
    Claire x

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