Recipe: Orange Peel Bread and 4 Recipes for Homemade Candied Orange Peel

Here's a recipe for orange peel bread and some recipes for candied orange peel. My sister makes candied orange peel and it is YUMMY!
Happy peeling!

ORANGE PEEL BREAD

Rind of 3 to 4 oranges (1 cup)
1 3/4 cups water
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tbsp. shortening
2 cups sugar, divided use
2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
3 1/4 cups flour, divided use
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. concentrated orange juice (or use the juice of the oranges in place of some of the milk)

Cut rind in strips. Boil in 1 cup water and 1 teaspoon baking soda for 5 minutes. Cool. Remove white membrane with a spoon, then cook with 3/4 cup water and 1 cup sugar until soft and syrupy. Set aside.

Cream 1 cup sugar, shortening and then the eggs. Set aside.

Dredge pecans in 1/4 cup flour. Set aside.

Sift the remaining 3 cups flour, baking powder and salt together. Add flour to egg mixture alternately with milk (and orange juice). Pour in hot orange peel and syrup. Mix well. Add pecans and mix.

Put into 2 greased loaf pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Best when aged several days.

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CANDIED ORANGE PEEL
Makes about 3 1/2 cups

1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
Peel from 4 medium-size oranges*

Remove peel in quarters. Cover with cold water. Bring slowly to boiling point. Boil until tender. Drain. Cut into strips with scissors.

Make syrup of sugar and 3/4 cup water. (Water in which peel was cooked may be used if a stronger flavor is desired.) Add the orange peel to the syrup. Cook until syrup is nearly all absorbed.

Lift peel out of syrup. Drain and roll each piece in granulated sugar.

*Grapefruit or lemon peel may also be used.

NOTE: If you boil the peel about 10 minutes and then drain and cover with fresh water to finish cooking you will not have as strong a flavor.

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CANDIED ORANGE PEEL (using jello)
From: MrsSanta

4 cups long thin orange peel strips (about 3 large oranges)
Water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
Sugar
1 (3 oz.) pkg. orange-flavored gelatin

In 5-quart saucepan over high heat, heat peel and 8 cups hot water to boiling; boil 15 minutes. Drain peel in colander and rinse.

With 8 more cups of hot water, boil peel 15 minutes again; drain and set aside.

In same saucepan over high heat, heat corn syrup, 1 3/4 cup sugar and 1 1/2 cups water until boiling and sugar is dissolved, stirring frequently. Stir in peel. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook until most of syrup has been absorbed, about 40 minutes, stirring.

Remove from heat; gently stir in (dry) gelatin until gelatin is dissolved; cool 10 minutes. (Mixture will be thick and sticky.)

Onto waxed paper, place 1 cup sugar. Lightly roll pieces of peel, a few at a time, in sugar, adding more sugar if necessary.

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CHOCOLATE-DIPPED CANDIED ORANGE PEEL
From: MrsSanta

3 navel oranges
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. corn syrup
Semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate

Peel oranges, slice peel into lengthwise sections. Cover with water, bring to boil. Simmer for 20 minutes. Drain. Repeat process. Drain.

Remove white part from peel then cut into 1-inch strips; set aside.

In a saucepan, combine 1/4 cup water, sugar and corn syrup. Cook peel in syrup slowly until transparent. Allow to dry on waxed paper.

Melt chocolate over warm water. Do not allow water to get into chocolate. Dip pieces of peel in chocolate. Remove. Allow to dry.

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CANDIED ORANGE PEEL (with ginger)
From: MrsSanta

1/2 lb. orange peel
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
Pinch ground ginger
Vegetable shortening

With a small paring knife, strip the white membrane from peel and discard. Cut cleaned peel into thin 1-inch strips and set aside.

Combine sugar, corn syrup, 1/2 cup water and ginger in a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and cook until it reaches 290 degrees F on candy thermometer. Drop strips of peel into syrup and cook 10 minutes (or until skin is slightly transparent).

While peel is cooking, rub 2 cookie sheets with shortening. Drop pieces of peel on sheets. Allow to cool and dry. Store in covered glass jar, and keep in a dry place.