HOW TO DRY WHOLE ORANGES FOR CHRISTMAS TREE/// ORNAMENTS
Here’s how to do them.
Materials Needed:
• Whole oranges
• Sharp knife
• Oven & baking sheet
• String or fishing line & large yarn needle
step 1 : Preheat your oven to a low setting, between 170F and 190F. Then start slicing your oranges, just through the peel and not too deep.
step 2 :Cut the peel into quarters, from the north pole to the south pole, leaving a bit of space at both poles so the orange peel stays together when dried.
step 3 :Half each of those quarters so you have eight equidistant slices around your orange.
You can see that these oranges weigh about 6oz in their fresh, pre-dried state.
Bước 4: Set your sliced whole oranges on a baking sheet or on a metal rack on a baking sheet. I did both to see if one would work better than the other, but I found both the rack and sheet to be effective drying surfaces for the oranges.
Slide your baking sheet into the preheated oven. These will be baking/drying for about 24-48 hours, depending on the size of the oranges, so make sure you don’t need your oven during this time. (Or, you could simply pull them out for an hour to bake whatever else you need to bake, then place the oranges back in. They’re pretty forgiving.)
Every so often, every few hours or so, check on the oranges. Rotate them on the baking sheet.
You may notice, as the oranges dry out, that some of your slits didn’t go all the way through the peel. If you want, it’s okay to pull these oranges out and complete the slits.
h/t :Homedit
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