Here is how to make simmering potpourri. Use this simmering potpourri recipe which is a mixture of fresh fruit and spices.
I love the smells of the kitchen from fall through Christmas: cinnamon, clove, baking apples, and vanilla being warmed in cookies while the smell floats throughout the house. But I can’t spend everyday baking to keep the house smelling delicious, so my version of simmering stovetop potpourri is my answer. It makes the whole house feel like a holiday on any old ordinary day. The air is filled with spices and sweet simmering fruit smells, putting a smile on everyone’s face. The ingredients are all items that you are likely to already have on your shelves (and in your fruit basket)
This Simmering Potpourri Recipe makes a lovely hostess gift as well. To give this as a gift, just place the ingredients in a quart mason jar with a pretty ribbon and a homemade tag explaining how to use and take it with you to the next home event you are invited to.
Simmering Potpourri Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 orange
- 1 apple
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 Tbsp. whole cloves
- 2 Tbsp. whole allspice
- 1 Tbsp. Vanilla extract
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in a large saucepan. I used a 2-quart saucepan.
- Fill with water 2 inches from the rim.
- Bring the potpourri mixture to a boil. Then lower the flame and allow the potpourri to simmer.
During the height of the season, I leave mine on the stove top and turn it on for a few hours every day. Just add more water, and scoop out old fruit after a day or two with a slotted spoon, adding fresh ingredients as needed.
Printable Recipe for Simmering Potpourri
- 1 orange
- 1 apple
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 Tbsp. whole cloves
- 2 Tbsp. whole allspice
- 1 Tbsp. Vanilla extract
- Place all ingredients in a large saucepan. I used a 2-quart saucepan.
- Fill with water 2 inches from the rim.
- Bring the potpourri mixture to a boil. Then lower the flame and allow the potpourri to simmer.
You may also like this Autumn Stove Top Potpourri that is made in a mason jar.
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