dried orange slices for decorations

well what do you do of a winter evening

i dried some orange slices for  Christmas decoration

i should have been decorating but no i did these instead  i do tend to get side tracked

first time i had dried them so didn’t know what to expect.

I'm really pleased with the results will do more

if you would like to try  here is what i did

sliced the oranges into 1/4” thick padded as much juice out of them with kitchen roll

placed on a rack in  oven on a  very low heat  for around 3 hours turning every now and then till dry

it does depend on your oven for timings

i just kept my eye on them so they didn’t burn

im adding these to a winter potpourri but would look lovely on wreaths or just hung from the tree

the house smelt divine and these can be very expensive to buy from the shop so why not make your own.

you could dry slices of

apples lemons  grapefruits as well as oranges in the same way

to dry in microwave oven 

 slice oranges and lay on 5 pieces of kitchen roll with another 5 pieces ontop  

on middle  (reheat) setting for a 700w   cook for 4-5mins

take out and lay on fresh layers of kitchen roll as be for and heat for 3-4 mins but keep checking the slices on this stage as they can start to burn i found that i got better results using oven but  the microwave  is a quicker way  i found it hit and miss though.

take out and leave to finish drying on a rack

hugs linda x