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Dried Apple Wreath
Materials needed:
•Apples
•Hot glue gun
•Acrylic sealing spray
•Baking pan
Directions:
•First thing you need to do is to take an apple and slice it into pieces that are about 1/8 inch thick. For variation you can also peel and core the apple before you slice the pieces or you can just core the apple
•Next lay the apple slices out on a baking pan in a single layer
•Place the apple slices into an oven at a low temperature, about 150 degrees
•Bake the apples for several hours until they are dry. Make sure that you flip them on occasion using a spatula.
•If the outside edges of the apple slices begin to harden and crisp before the centers are done you will need to leave the oven door ajar as the heating process finishes
•Once the apple slices are dry you are going to want to spray them with an acrylic sealing spray so that the apple slices have a shiny fresh look.
•Next using a hot glue gun you can create a wreath out of the dried apple slices or you can use the dried apple slices on a grape vine wreath as embellishments between the leaves and flowers.
•Some other things that you can do is to string them in garland for decorating trees, use them as magnets, glue them to vases or flower pots for embellishments, etc.
Dried Apple Garland
Materials needed:
•Juice from 8 to 10 lemons
•2 teaspoons salt
•8 to 10 large firm apples
•8 teaspoons cinnamon
•2 teaspoons allspice
•1 teaspoon cloves
•Jute
•1 to 1 ½ yards of ribbon or fabric scraps
Directions:
•Place lemon juice into a large bowl and mix in the salt
•Peel, core, and slice apples horizontally into ¼ inch thick circles
•Soak apple circles in lemon juice bowl for 6 to 10 minutes each, make sure that each side has a chance to absorb some of the lemon juice
•Mix spices in a bowl and blend well
•Remove the apple circles from the lemon juice and place on paper towels, pat the tops of the apple circles with paper towels
•Dust the apples with the spice mixture and turn apples over and repeat the dusting on the other side
•Place the apples in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake at 150 to 200 degrees F for 6 hours or until completely dried, but the apple circles should be slightly pliable
•Cut enough jute for your desired length of garland, keep in mind you don’t want it too long but you would rather have too much than not enough
•Now you are ready to start stringing your apples, simply push one end of the jute through the middle of each apple slice
•You can add things in between the apple circles for a variation or you can simply make apple garland