These easy dried orange slices are baked in the oven until crispy. Serve them as a snack, or use them for decorative purposes or as garnish. This is an excellent way to perserve oranges, and the orange chips have many different uses.
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🥘 Ingredients
To make dried orange slices, you will only need one ingredient: oranges! You can also use any seasoning you like, such as cinnamon.
🔪 How to dry orange slices in the oven
Cut the oranges into thin discs. The thinner you cut them, the faster they dry out in the oven. Aim to cut them in 5 mm or 1/4 inch discs.
Dehydrate them in the oven at 250°F / 100°C fan oven / 120°C for 2-3 hours. Turn them over after an hour. The orange slices are done when they have dried out completely and feel crunchy.
Leave the oranges to cool down fully before serving them or adding them to a container.
💭 Top tips
Here are my best tips for perfect dried orange slices:
- Be patient as the orange slices bake. Don’t be tempted to increase the temperature of the oven, as this can cause the oranges to burn.
- Oranges contain a lot of water, and therefore tend to take longer to bake compared to other dried fruits.
- Use ripe, sweet oranges and slice them as thinly as you can to reduce the baking time required.
🥗 Serving suggestions
Serve dried orange slices by themselves as an easy snack, or dice them and use like you would use other dried fruits. Try adding chunks of dried oranges to cookies, granola or smoothie bowls.
🍲 Leftovers
Leftover dried oranges can be stored in an airtight container for up to several weeks.
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📋 Frequently asked questions
Is this recipe allergy friendly? – Absolutely! This recipe is gluten free, egg free, dairy free, nut free, soy free and more. As long as you’re not allergic to oranges, you should be fine!
Is this suitable for my diet? – This recipe is suitable for most diets, including plant based or vegan, slimming world, weight watchers, whole30 and paleo.
Recipe
Dried Orange Slices
Ingredients
- 4 oranges
Instructions
- Cut the oranges into thin discs. The thinner you cut them, the faster they dry out in the oven. Aim to cut them in 5 mm or 1/4 inch discs.
- Dehydrate them in the oven at 250°F / 100°C fan oven / 120°C for 2-3 hours. Turn them over after an hour. The orange slices are done when they have dried out completely and feel crunchy.
- Leave the oranges to cool down fully before serving them or adding them to a container.
Notes
Top tips
Here are my best tips for perfect dried orange slices:- Be patient as the orange slices bake. Don’t be tempted to increase the temperature of the oven, as this can cause the oranges to burn.
- Orange slices contain a lot of water, and therefore tend to take longer to bake compared to other dried fruits.
- Use ripe, sweet oranges and slice them as thinly as you can to reduce the baking time required.
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