Step 1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Step 2
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in skillet over medium heat. Saute apples until medium-firm 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1/4 cup white sugar and pinch of salt. Cook until apples begin to brown 3 to 5 minutes longer. Remove apples from the skillet and allow to cool. Wipe out skillet with a paper towel.
Step 3
Place 1/2 cup of butter in skillet over medium heat. Constantly swirl the butter in the pan watching carefully so butter does not burn. The butter is \browned\ when it is a tan color and smells nutty. This can take 3 to 10 minutes. When butter is ready promptly pour it into a bowl to prevent it from burning.
Step 4
Add 1/2 cup white sugar to the apples and stir until sugar is well incorporated.
Step 5
In a mixing bowl combine browned butter powdered sugar cream cheese vanilla nutmeg and cinnamon until well combined. Add apple mixture and stir until well-blended.
Step 6
Unroll the pie crust on a silicone mat. Using a small cookie cutter press out the pie crust \chips.\ Lift the pie crust up leaving the \chips\ on the mat. Place the mat on a baking sheet. The remaining dough may be rolled out to 1/4\ thick and the process repeated to use up all the dough and make more \chips\ using separate silicone mats (or parchment).
Step 7
Bake in preheated oven bake 6-7 minutes watching carefully to ensure the chips to not burn. Allow the chips to cool. Place on serving plate.
Step 8
Spoon the dip into a serving bowl; serve with chips for dipping.