Gearing Up For Fall With Simmer Pots!

Simmer pots are the best thing to use during the fall and winter!  I use them every year and everyone loves them. I wanted to share my recipes with you so you can have your house smell yummy too!!

 

Orange  Cinnamon (My Favorite One)

What you need:

A pot

Orange peels

Cinnamon , I use powdered but you can use sticks

Cloves (or ground cloves)

Nutmeg

Vanilla extract

1 bay leaf

Peel your oranges into pieces. Place your oranges in your pot.

The thing with the spices, I never measure because I don’t need to. A dash of cloves, a few dashes of cinnamon, just add a little of each. I always add a bit more cinnamon because I LOVE cinnamon.

Cover with water and place on LOW on the stove. Make sure to keep an eye on it every now and then to make sure it always has water! I have ruined a pan because I didn’t keep water in it.

The great thing about simmer pots is that you can use the same one for about a week, if you find you aren’t smelling as much cinnamon, add a dash more the next day. After a week of simmering it everyday, I pour it out and start new with all new ingredients. That is it. They are cheap and easy to make and your house will smell great! Right now my house still smells bad because of the rotten egg I broke, but the first thing I did was go over and turn up the simmer pot!

 

Here are a few other combinations that you can try. I have used all of them and they all smell wonderful!! These recipes are ones my mom taught me to make and never really had a name. I decided to give them a name.

Apple Cinnamon:

Apple Juice (or you can also use apple peel or apple slices)

Cloves

Cinnamon

Citrus Cinnamon:

The peel from one orange

The peel from one lemon

1 bay leaf

Cinnamon

Cloves

Lavender Spice

Dried Lavender

1 lemon peel

Nutmeg

Cloves

1 cinnamon stick

This last one isn’t a simmer  pot but still smells WONDEFUL.

Put 2 tbs of vanilla extract in a coffee mug, place in the oven at 300 degrees for ONE hour. You house will smell like you are baking something! Without the work of actually baking!! Win/Win right?

Play around with scents that you like, if there is something in one of my recipes you don’t care for, then don’t add it! Simmer pots are also great for expired things. You can use juices that are a day or two past their date, and spices that have set on your shelf for a few years! Don’t throw them out! Put them in the simmer pot!

If you have any other recipes I would love to hear about them! Comment below so I can try them too!

**Another great idea is to use the recipes in a crock pot! You can let it go all night and it will add moisture to the air! Thank you Deleith Campos for sharing that tip!

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