Don't throw away those stale bagels!

If you have not noticed from a few of my previous posts, I really do hate to waste food, which is why I try to come up with creative ways of using old, stale food items, that have not yet reached rotton hood.

Here is one that I used quite a bit, and during my year at school, it was a hit! Super simple, super tasty, and versatile. Eat it on its own, or with a dip! This recipe does not have measurements because it really depends on how many bagels you have! I would estimate that 1 bagel would need about 3 tablespoons of oil. (the picture of these bagel chips are from another site, but they look exactly like how mine should turn out!)

Baked Bagel Chips

Ingredients

Old bagels, sliced into 1/8 of an inch into thick circular thins
Olive oil
Salt
Cumin powder

Directions

1. Mix together oil, salt and cumin powder.
2. Brush each bagel slice lightly with the oil mixture. As you are doing this, pile each slice on top of one another, so that the other side of the bagel slice gets transferred with some oil from the slice below it.
3. In a single layer, place on either a pizza stone of pizza tray, and place in a 300 F degree oven, for about 15 minutes. It may take longer or shorter depending on the thickness of you bagels. You also may need to turn the pan if your oven does not distribute heat evenly. They should be baked until they are crisp, not browned.
4. Let them cool and enjoy! They are a great snack, and pair well with hummous, baba ganouj, and roasted red pepper dip with cream cheese.

Enjoy!