This Christmas Stovetop Potpourri is sure to bring warm, loving memories to your holiday.
What is your favorite holiday scent?
I’m posting this early so that I could share this amazing Christmas Stovetop Potpourri with you. I want your house to smell as amazing as mine will on Christmas Day.
Your entire family will love it, and it’s so easy!
This is a great {and easy} recipe for the kids to make. They get to peel oranges (the recipe only uses the peel – so they can enjoy the fruit inside), mixed with water, cinnamon sticks, cloves and fresh cranberries. That’s it! 5 simple ingredients. Who doesn’t love an easy recipe in the crazy busy of the holidays?
Then the saucepan is put on the stove, brought to a boil, then turned down to simmer.
You will be blown away by how amazing the fragrance is! It will fill your entire house with the fragrance of Christmas!
We are huge fans of having our house smell lovely all the time. And, you all know my love of Scentsy products!
With this DIY fragrance, you won’t need your Scentsy on! This fragrance will waft throughout the entire house – up the stairs and seep wonderfully into every room with the scent of Christmas.
For all my friends and readers, with this recipe, I wish you the happiest of the holidays! My wish for you is that this Christmas brings you love, good health and happiness!
For some festive holiday drinks and cocktail ideas, check these out:
- Christmas Punch by Miss In The Kitchen
- Chilled Christmas Punch by Recipe Girl
- Pear & Cranberry Champagne Cocktails by Minimalist Baker
- Cosmopolitan Cocktail by RecipeTin Eats
- Pomegranate Mimosas by Miss In the Kitchen
Cheers and enjoy!
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Christmas Stovetop Potpourri
Ingredients
- 2 cups of water
- 2 whole oranges peeled (you only use the peels in this recipe)*
- 4 to 5 cinnamon sticks broken in half
- 1 tablespoon cloves
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup fresh cranberries
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a medium-size saucepan. Heat to boiling, then turn down and let simmer on low heat. Continue to add additional water when it gets low.
mimi says
I just posted on this potpourri too! Love this stuff!
Kristi says
Thanks Mimi! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
marcie says
This is such a great idea, and it has to smell AMAZING with all of those things I love! I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, Kristi! Enjoy your holidays, my friend! 🙂
Kristi says
You too Marcie! I’m wishing you and your family the very best of holidays and a great 2015! xoxo
Renee@Two in the Kitchen says
I can smell this amazing potpourri already! Merry, merry Christmas Kristi!!!! 🙂
Kristi says
Thank you Renee! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Merry Christmas, and I’m wishing you good health and happiness in 2015! xoxo
Daniela @ FoodrecipesHQ says
I like potpourri and I would love to sip it all year round. Unfortunately we haven’t prepared it yet this year 🙁 but I’ve got all the ingredients, time to make up!
Kristi says
Thanks Daniela! It makes your house smell amazing! I think ours lasted 6 hours! It’s good stuff!
Kelly says
This is such a great idea! I can only imagine how incredible your house must have smelled – everything I love about the holidays in one pot! Hope you had an amazing Christmas and are enjoying the holidays so far! xo
Kristi says
Thanks Kelly! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas too! Our house definitely smelled good with this potpourri – I highly recommend it any time of the year. I hope you have a Happy New Year!
Melanie says
I have all of these ingredients in the house, so I am totally making this today! I wonder if I can mix the “juice” with some bourbon and simple syrup when it’s done making the house smell divine??? 😉
Kristi says
Oh my gosh Melanie, the bourbon and simple syrup sounds fantastic! Let me know how it turned out. I would love to try this!