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How to Make Candied Orange Peels

1,229 views · Published 13 January 2017 · 2:52 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: Pepper and Pine · 2017 · Education

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We are making our way through our Colonial Times unit study and finding a lot of inspiration from a few activity books we have. Today we are using a recipe from Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide To Life In The New World by Laurie Carlson. The recipe calls for three oranges, but as weren't sure we were going to like it, we reduced the recipe to one orange and used the single orange on our orange tree.

They turned out so good!! We'll definitely be making this again.

Recipe:
1-3 oranges (we used 1 orange)
2 cups sugar (we used 1 cup sugar)
1 cup water (we used 1/2 cup water)

Carefully peel orange and slice the peel into stripes. Soak orange peels overnight with 2 cups of water and a tablespoon of salt. Rinse the peels with fresh water the next morning. Add orange peels to water and sugar in a pan. Heat on medium heat for about 20-30 minutes until the water is evaporated and the sugar is thick and syrupy. We left ours on for a bit too long and it became sugar and crumbly. If that happens, add a tablespoon of water.

Remove from heat and remove the orange peels. They are very hot! Be careful. Toss in sugar (optional). They were so delicious, we ate ours before they cooled down completely!

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