Today I’m back with another easy and homemade decoration, perfect for the kitchen: dried orange slices! This year, I used my dehydrator (affiliate link) and it didn’t go according to plan. It took forever for them to dry! I think it’s because I didn’t remove the excess moisture with a paper towel before placing them on the trays. Oh well, you live and learn!
Last year, I dried them in the oven and it was also super easy. You just place the sliced oranges on parchment (be sure to dab off the extra juice!) and bake at 200° for one hour. Flip the slices over, then continue baking for another hour. The exact time will vary depending on how thick your slices are. Be sure to check every so often to avoid burning.
Once my slices are fully dried, I’ll be stringing them and adding them to the garland on my kitchen window. I’ll have to update this post when it’s done, but here’s how I used them last year:
UPDATE! I decided to string the oranges a different way and then wrap them around the garland. Love how it turned out!
such a beautiful touch and feels so vintage. Thanks for the instructions – I’ll be trying to do this next week!
Oh my goodness, this is so cute!!