Monday, December 17, 2012

Stove top potpourri

I have an amazing recipe for a stove top potpourri.  It smells so good when its on I can smell it throughout the house.  There are different ways to "cook" it I guess you could call it.  It can be put in a pan and sat on the stove and heated up like that OR you could put it in a empty candle jar and put it on a candle warmer OR even in a small crock pot.  I have a empty candle jar I put mine in and turn it on and it does take longer for it to heat up and smell good but once you turn it on you don't have to worry about it.  When heating on the stove you actually should monitor it more often and the smell ends up disappearing if you don't keep the stove going.  

1 fresh orange
1 Cinnamon stick or powder
cloves
a jar or pan
1 1/2 cups water
fresh or dried cranberries

SLICE the orange leave the peel on and put in jar add cinnamon stick or pinch of the powder, a couple cloves, water and cranberries.
 STOVE TOP:
 turn on high for 5 minutes till boiling turn off and forget about it until you no longer can smell it and then repeat.
Candle warmer:
turn on and set jar on there and forget about it

* The only maintenance required is re adding water when it starts soaking up and drying out.  I have used the same "batch" for a week or so and it did fine.  If you don't plan to use it everyday i recommend switching it out or setting the "mixture" in the fridge when not in use. 
 * Penny Pinching Tip:
I buy cranberries in the fall every year for Thanksgiving so I'll pick out the not so pretty ones for my potpourri same with my orange. 
ENJOY!!!

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