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       Title: CANDIED ORANGE PEEL
  Categories: S_living, Desserts, Cookies
       Yield: 1 servings
  
       1    Quart (1/4-inch wide) orange
            Strips (about 15 oranges)
     1/2 ts Salt
       2 c  Sugar
       1 c  Water
            Sugar
  
   Christmas. Place orange peel in water to cover in a
   Dutch oven; add salt. Bring to a boil, and boil 20
   minutes. Drain. Repeat boiling procedure twice without
   salt, and set orange peel aside.Combine 2 cups sugar
   and 1 cup water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil
   and cook, stirring often, until syrup spins a thread,
   about 7 minutes (234 degrees). Add orange peel; simmer
   30 minutes, stirring often. Drain orange peel well.
   Discard syrup.Roll peel, a few pieces at a time, in
   sugar. Arrange in a single layer on wire racks; let
   dry 4 to 5 hours. Store in an airtight container.
   Yield: about 1 pound.
  
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