Citrus season is upon us! You understand what which means, don’t you? Elsie will probably be whipping up an orange cranberry margarita with the tart fruit, and I’ll be over right here butchering oranges and lemons for vacation residence decor. Haha!
That’s proper, I’m getting au naturel and turning meals into Christmas ornaments. These dried citrus ornaments odor nice while you make them, and you’ll eat the leftovers. Feels like my sort of craft!
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How you can Make Dried Citrus Ornaments:
Step One: Slice your fruit into 1/4″ slices and thoroughly take away the seeds. Use a large blade knife (this knife set is so cute!) to make sure uniform thickness of particular person slices.
Step Two: Prepare the fruit slices onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place in a heat oven set to about 150-170°F.
Bake for 3-4 hours, flipping each hour till the fruit is dried (however not utterly shriveled up). You need the slices to retain their coloration and never look brown across the edges.
Can You Air Dry The Citrus Slices?
I additionally tried a way of air drying the citrus slices and was shocked at how rapidly they dried out.
It took about 4 days for them to get to a pleasant stiffness, although the orange slices curled up somewhat than staying flat as they did after baking them. The lemon and lime slices didn’t curl.
Step Three: Pierce the dried fruit slices with decoration hangers. That’s it! Now you may have fairly ornaments to your tree. These would additionally make an important present.
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I like how the slices are a bit like little items of stained glass. The sunshine shines via them creating a reasonably orange glow.
These citrus ornaments work nice with an amber vase of evergreens, held on a Christmas tree, and even strung up for an exquisite garland in entrance of a window. And I like how they give the impression of being subsequent to my DIY porcelain tree lights.
And for those who’re pressed for time, you may as well purchase your orange slices already dried!
We’ve received a ton of enjoyable vacation decor and recipe inspiration in our Christmas archives, so discover one thing enjoyable (and scrumptious!) to make this vacation season! –Mandi
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Make your individual dried fruit ornaments utilizing lemons, orange, or limes
Directions
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Slice your fruit into 1/4″ slices and thoroughly take away the seeds. Use a large blade knife to make sure uniform thickness of particular person slices.
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Prepare the fruit slices onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place in a heat oven set to about 150-170°F.
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Bake for 3-4 hours, flipping each hour till the fruit is dried (however not utterly shriveled up).You need the slices to retain their coloration and never look brown across the edges.
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Pierce the dried fruit slices with decoration hangers. That’s it! Now you may have fairly ornaments to your tree. These would additionally make an important present.
Notes
It took about 4 days for them to get to a pleasant stiffness, although the orange slices curled up somewhat than staying flat as they did after baking them. The lemon and lime slices didn’t curl.