"Dried Orange Slices – simple, beautiful, and so many ways to use. Expensive in stores, yet easy to make at home with your oven or dehydrator. These dried orange slices should be added to your list of things to make!"
Dried Orange Slices
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Prep time: 5mins
Cook time: 8hrs
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ingredients
- 8 sliced oranges
Method
Step 1
Grab as many oranges as you want. I started with the bag of 8. Wash them well and dry them well.
Step 2
Preheat your oven to 175˚F. OR if using your dehydrator, no preheat is necessary. The dehydrator I have only goes to 145˚F.
Step 3
With a large, sharp knife, slice the oranges into thin slices. The thinner the better, but I aim for about 1/8 of an inch. The thicker the slices are, the longer they’ll take to dehydrate. You can also use a mandolin if you prefer.
Step 4
Pick out any seeds and blot the slices dry. Lay the the slices on baking trays or on your dehydrator racks. You’ll need ~3 baking trays. Fit them in your oven all at once since the oven is on for so long. I didn’t use parchment paper – just make sure you do flip them every so often, so they don’t stick.
Step 5
Bake for 3.5 to 5.5 hours. The ‘cook time’ depends on the thickness of the slices. Turn every hour or 1.5 hours so that they dry evenly. They’re done when there are no longer have any moist spots. *The dehydrator took almost 8 hours. I did not flip them and just let them be. Remember the oven temperature was a tad higher.