Simmer Potpourri Recipe and Gift Idea

Simmer Potpourri {holiday entertaining and gift idea}

There’s just something about the *smells* of the holiday season.

I love simmering various ingredients in a pot when we’re hosting people for the holidays, or even when we’re sitting at home on a Sunday. It relaxes me just thinking about it!

There are SO many variations of simmer pot recipes, and I really think you can’t go wrong. So use this recipe for yourself, or put it in a canning jar and give it as a gift to the people you love!

In this batch, I used:

dried apples
ground cinnamon
cinnamon sticks
nutmeg
herbal tea bag
pumpkin pie spice
whole cloves
pine branches

I dried the apples myself – I sliced them very thin, placed them on cookie sheets, and baked them for 10 hours at the lowest heat your oven will allow (mine was 170 degrees). I just cut the pine branches from the bottom of my Christmas tree Smile

All you do is place all of the ingredients in a small pot with 2 cups of water (or apple juice), and simmer on low heat for hours!

I decided to make a few of these up and give them as gifts – and I am sharing the printable tag (with instructions) for you to use as well! There’s a choice of 2 different fonts as well.

Get creative with this! Some other ingredients you can use:

orange peels
lemon peels
allspice
anise
rosemary
bay leaves

Have you ever made simmer potpourri? Will you consider giving it as a gift this year?

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10 comments on “Simmer Potpourri {holiday entertaining and gift idea}”

The Domestic Fringe on December 21, 2012 at 12:57 pm said:

I love this idea! What a great gift.
~FringeGirl
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Katie R on December 21, 2012 at 1:06 pm said:

I always hear people talking about simmering scents, but I’ve never tried it! I’m totally curious now and may just have to whip something up this afternoon while I’m working from home

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Maggie @ Vittles and Bits on December 22, 2012 at 12:13 pm said:

what a great idea, I love this!!
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Kelly @ Smart! School {House} on December 22, 2012 at 12:29 pm said:

I just love this! Beautiful picture too! Pinned it- awesome printables:)
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Katie on December 22, 2012 at 2:45 pm said:

What a great idea! I would love if you would share on Fall Into the Holidays, open until Thursday!

http://redcrowgreencrow.wordpress.com/tag/fall-into-the-holidays/

Katie @ Horrific Knits
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Sandsgrandmothe on December 22, 2012 at 5:45 pm said:

I often use a crock-pot and sit on low using a combination of spices such as cloves, orange peel, vanilla and the scent makes the room wonderful all day and the added nice thing, is that it adds humidty to the dry air.

Mint is also wonderful if you have anyone with migraine headaches for you can keep this in the room with the individual suffering..

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Lynda on December 23, 2012 at 1:50 pm said:

GREAT gift idea! LOVE it and the presentation! THX for sharing and Merry Christmas!

xo Lynda

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Jennifer @ Town and Country Living on January 3, 2013 at 12:45 pm said:

Found this project on Hometalk’s Facebook page. Definitely going to try it! Thanks for sharing this tutorial.
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