Drying Oranges

Personally I love the sweet scent of dried oranges as for me it's the scent of christmas. So I thought after seeing so much of them everywhere in shops I would do my own (as is much cheaper) and I have to say it was surprisingly easy to do! There are so many creative and festive things you can do with them and I think they look great!

All you need for drying:

-An oven

-Kitchen roll

-A knife

-Oranges (big oranges because I don't think ones like clementines have the same effect)

-A baking tray

-Baking paper

How to dry:

-First you will want to cut your oranges into about 1cm thick slices.

-Then place your orange slices onto the kitchen roll and press them to get out excess juice. (Don't do this too hard otherwise you will end up with smushed oranges)

-At this point you should turn your oven onto a very low heat of about 50 degrees.

-Now line your baking tray with the baking paper and place your oranges onto the baking tray and put in the oven for 2 1/2 hours to 3 1/2 hours to slowly dry out.

What I did then with my dried oranges was to put them in a vertical line to hang as a decoration.

For this you will need:

-A sewing needle

-Thread

-And something to tie it to such as a screw (I tied mine to my grid organiser)

How to create:

-You will need to put your thread through the needle. This can be a very tricky task but for the first time in my life I got it through first time! #️⃣PRO

-You then need to pass the needle through your oranges through the top and bottom.

-Then tie your thread at both ends and hang as a wonderful christmas decoration.

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