(And shameless plug, if you don’t follow me, I’d love it if you would!) And of course, each batch of dried oranges was a bit different until I finally worked out my method. If you follow my site, you might have noticed the dried oranges in some of my photos over the last few weeks. Dried oranges can be put out for the animals, hung or strung into wreaths, which is a great project for the kids.īeautiful Dried Oranges Making Beautiful Dried Oranges: It looks lovely in a wooden bowl or layered into a glass container. I used to love using dried orange slices in my winter potpourri, along with cinnamon sticks and pine cones. There are other non-food applications for beautiful dried oranges. I suppose you could use beautiful dried oranges or another dried citrus to infuse vinegar or oils for salad dressings or marinades but it does seem like a lot of bother when most people can use fresh. Or maybe you just want to toss the oranges into any citrussy type punch, warm or cold as a garnish, maybe drop one in a tea cup to infuse your tea, or perch one on the edge of a glass. The sugar also makes the oranges sweet, which is a good thing if you are thinking about (like I have been) using dried oranges to include in packets of mulling spices for Mulled Cider or Mulled Wine, or even my Spiced Tea which can be served cold in the summer, warm in the winter and can be a punch, too. The oranges also have just a bit of flexibility they’re not a rock hard orange slice. The sugar is also hygroscopic and the oranges dry faster than they do when you use the traditional oven method without sugar.

It’s like the color of oranges on steroids. For one, it makes the oranges such a gorgeous color. That bit of sugar does a couple of things. I’ve adapted the method, after multiple batches this winter, from a page on Martha Stewart’s site. The key difference is that these orange slices are sprinkled first with powdered sugar. The method for Beautiful Dried Oranges isn’t much different than drying any orange slices in the oven. Just pretend with me that they’re oranges, ‘kay and know that this method should work for any citrus. Now, nevermind that these are actually “cuties” in the photos.

Dehydrated cutie oranges