Orange slices are easy to dry and are a fun way to decorate a tree on a budget. I bought four oranges for $4 and was able to get about 8 slices per orange. They should be 1/4 inch thick. They can dry on a cookie tray, and baked in an oven at 175 to 190 degrees for 3-4 hours. Turn every hour. Slow and steady is probably best. If they are not completely dry, you can set them out overnight and if they're still a little sticky, put them back in the oven for another hour, but keep checking on them every 15 minutes because it doesn't take long at that stage for them to start to brown. Once a string is thread through the orange rind, it's pretty much an ornament but you can get fancy by hot gluing rosemary or cinnamon to the orange, or by adding beads and ribbon to the string. They smell great and when set near a light give a glowing, stained glass affect.
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