In the thick of winter, nothing is cozier than this easy winter simmer pot recipe.
A simmer pot is seriously the most amazing way to get beautiful and strong fragrances throughout your home. I have used candles and diffusers and nothing beats a simmer pot in potency and the best part is it could not be easier to make. Your home will smell amazing in minutes!
There are some amazing benefit to simmer pots. Not only are they easy and cheap to make, they are very low waste or zero waste, if you compost the ingredients afterwards. They also make wonderful gifts. Place all the ingredients into a mason jar and add a sticker with instructions on the top and you have a very thoughtful budget friendly gift.
Easy Winter Simmer Pot Recipe
There are so many ways to combine ingredients but the below recipe focuses on primarily winter scents.; that includes cinnamon, apples, rosemary, cloves and citrus. To keep with tradition use oranges but I only had lemons so I made do and it still smelled incredible.
Ingredients
- Cinnamon sticks
- Apple
- Oranges/ Lemons
- Rosemary
- Whole cloves
- Vanilla extract
- Water
STEP 1:
Gather your ingredients and cut your apples and citrus into slices or wedges. Use a whole apple and orange to keep the scent lingering for longer.
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Step 2:
Fill a medium sized pot with about 4 cups of water and turn the stove onto medium-high heat. To be honest I eyeballed the amount and just filled this pot about half way. As long as you have enough to fully cover all your ingredients you are good to go. For reference my pot is about a 2 qt pot, gifted to me by the sweetest great aunt who is no longer with us. She had so many beautiful vintage kitchen items. I highly recommend thrifting, if not this one looks pretty similar.
Step 3:
Once you have a rolling boil reduce the heat to a simmer and add your ingredients into the pot. Thats seriously it. Leave your stove on simmer all day if you’d like and just replenish your water once you see it starting to get low.
A quick and easy post today to give you some inspiration in your winter homemaking. I adore keeping a simmer pot going when I know I’m going to be home all day or I’m having guests over. I usually won’t start a simmer pot on heavy cooking days only because I need the stove top real estate. Let me know how much you love the smell of your home after creating one!
Winter Simmer Pot
Materials
- 2-3 Cinnamon sticks
- 1 apple, sliced
- 1 lemon or orange, sliced
- 2-3 sprigs rosemary
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp whole cloves
- 4 cups water
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients and cut apples and your choice in citrus into slices.
- Fill a medium sized pot with about 4 cups of water and heat water to medium-high heat until boiling.
- Once your water is boiling reduce heat to a simmer and add all of your winter simmer pot ingredients to the pot.
- Simmer on the stove top for 8 hrs or however long you desire. Enjoy!
Notes
- Once your ingredients are spent, I highly recommend composting them if you can.
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