How to Make Garlic Bagel Chips

A small bag of garlic bagel chips can be pricey at grocery stores and specialty food shops. Save money by following a few simple steps to make your own garlic bagel chips. They'll be fresher, and they can be kept in a tightly-sealed container for about a week.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 4 garlic-flavored bagels
• Serrated knife
• Nonstick baking sheet
• Butter-flavored cooking spray or extra-virgin olive oil
• Pastry brush (optional)
• Dried basil or oregano (optional)
• Garlic powder (optional)
• Salt (optional)
• Pepper (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Use garlic-flavored, unsliced bagels. This spares you from having to put garlic flavoring into the chips yourself, which can be tricky. For example, using garlic salt to create significant garlic flavor on plain bagels can make the resulting chips too salty, and using minced garlic can make the chips soft in the middle.
3. Cut each bagel vertically into six to eight thin slices using a serrated knife. You may find it easier to slice a bagel by laying it on a flat surface and placing one hand on top of it to hold it in place. Hold the knife in your other hand and cut the slices from bottom to top, taking care to keep your fingers out of the way.
4. Spread out the sliced bagels on an ungreased, nonstick baking sheet. Spray the bagel chips lightly with a butter-flavored cooking spray, or use a pastry brush to lightly spread extra-virgin olive oil onto the chips.
5. Enhance the garlic flavor by sprinkling the chips with garlic powder. Add more flavor by sprinkling them with a dried herb, such as basil or oregano. Disperse a little salt and pepper on top of the chips as well.
6. Bake the chips until they are crispy, which will take about 10 to 12 minutes. If you have topped the chips with a dried herb, watch the cooking time carefully so that the herb topping doesn't burn.