Dried clementines for decoration5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Lights come as a 16' strand with 40 lights or a 40' strand with 100 lights. The battery box can easily be tucked away and hidden, and it has a remote! These tiny battery lights are perfect for small projects. And, if you position some tiny little battery lights behind the slices, they really light up pretty! I'm not disappointed though! I love the way they turned out. And I added a couple of small painted pumpkins and some animal print ornaments. Instead of beautiful garlands that would last from fall through Christmas, I had to settle for a wooden bowl full of potpourri. My plan had been to string the whole oranges and slices on jute string, sandwiching cinnamon sticks in-between. I think the homemade look better!Īfter I had sliced up a few oranges and starting the dehydrating process, it was quickly apparent that this would have to be a much smaller project than I had anticipated. I had purchased a bag of Christmas potpourri and it had some orange slices in it. The color does darken a bit with the drying and the pulp is still just a bit sticky, but the edges are nice and dry. Of course, my drying got interrupted a few times when my husband needed the air fryer for something else! His patience ran a bit thin with my project))) I just tested the slices and if they were still damp, I ran them again. I didn't keep up with the number of times I reset the air fryer. You can use your oven, but I used a Ninja Air Fryer set to "dehydrate" which is a temp of 150 degrees for 6 hours. Place the oranges and slices on parchment paper. ![]() ![]() Don't press so hard that you distort the orange slices.įor the whole oranges, make cuts about a half-inch apart, leaving the top and bottom intact. Take a couple of folded paper towels and gently press to remove some of the juice. Make slices of a little less than a half-inch.ĭiscard the end pieces. ![]() I'm sure I could have used navel oranges, but the Mandarins were a bit smaller so I gave them a try. ![]()
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