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Dried Citrus Ornament DIY

Make your own dried fruit ornaments using lemons, orange, or limes
Keyword dried citrus, ornament diy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 40 minutes
Author Mandi Johnson

Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • wide blade knife

Ingredients

  • citrus fruit lemons, oranges, or limes
  • ornament hangers

Instructions

  • Slice your fruit into 1/4″ slices and carefully remove the seeds. Use a wide blade knife to ensure uniform thickness of individual slices.
  • Arrange the fruit slices onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place in a warm oven set to about 150-170°F.
  • Bake for 3-4 hours, flipping every hour until the fruit is dried (but not completely shriveled up).
    You want the slices to retain their color and not look brown around the edges.
  • Pierce the dried fruit slices with ornament hangers. That’s it! Now you have pretty ornaments for your tree. These would also make a great gift.

Notes

I also tried a technique of air drying the citrus slices and was surprised at how quickly they dried out.
It took about four days for them to get to a nice stiffness, though the orange slices curled up rather than staying flat as they did after baking them. The lemon and lime slices didn’t curl.