Stove Top Potpourri by Cardeno C.
Happy Monday! My neighbor gave me a neat gift this year - a bag with all the ingredients to make potpourri on my stove. I tried it and loved it so much I wanted to make more. Enter my good friend Google. After a bit of research, I found a blog with exactly what my neighbor gave me:
1/2 cup fresh cranberries1 orange 4 cinnamon sticks (the blog says to break them in half, but we didn't)1 TB cloves1/8 tsp nutmegMaking the potpourri is really easy. You slice the orange, put it in a sauce pan with 2-3 cups of water and the contents of the bag, and turn the stove on low for the concoction to simmer. That's it. I did this when I had people over and it really did make everything smell good.
Unfortunately, it didn't last more than a few hours before the scent was essentially cooked away.
I thought maybe making it in a crockpot would help it last longer (and make it more portable) so I gave that a go, but the scent just wasn't as strong.
I'm going to give it another go in my larger crockpot at some point. Or maybe I'll try a different recipe. In my research, I came across this blog that has a bunch of stovetop (or maybe crockpot) potpourri ideas. Let me know if you try any. Rich Spice might be next on my list!
Have a great week.
CCwww.cardenoc.com
1/2 cup fresh cranberries1 orange 4 cinnamon sticks (the blog says to break them in half, but we didn't)1 TB cloves1/8 tsp nutmegMaking the potpourri is really easy. You slice the orange, put it in a sauce pan with 2-3 cups of water and the contents of the bag, and turn the stove on low for the concoction to simmer. That's it. I did this when I had people over and it really did make everything smell good.
Unfortunately, it didn't last more than a few hours before the scent was essentially cooked away.
I thought maybe making it in a crockpot would help it last longer (and make it more portable) so I gave that a go, but the scent just wasn't as strong.
I'm going to give it another go in my larger crockpot at some point. Or maybe I'll try a different recipe. In my research, I came across this blog that has a bunch of stovetop (or maybe crockpot) potpourri ideas. Let me know if you try any. Rich Spice might be next on my list!
Have a great week.
CCwww.cardenoc.com
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Shanen wrote: "I use a little Betty Crocker sauce crock and put a whole votive candle in to simmer. Smells the entire house, no flame, smell lasts for hours and hours. My favorite is the holiday bayberry candle f..." What a great idea! Does the wax melt and get stuck in your crock pot or do you have it in something (like glass)?
It does melt... I only use the crock for my candles, when the scent has simmered away I use a coffee tin to pour the melted wax in and just keep going. I continue to add votives to the melted wax until the crock is nearly full. Another advantage is you can melt different fragrances together. Careful of the food fragrance candles...they just make you hungry hahaha
Shanen wrote: "It does melt... I only use the crock for my candles, when the scent has simmered away I use a coffee tin to pour the melted wax in and just keep going. I continue to add votives to the melted wax u..."Thank you!
Happy Holidays, CC !!! <3