Fall Simmering Potpourri Recipe
Make your home smell delicious with this fall simmering potpourri recipe! I love the scents of fall, and this is an easy and budget-friendly way to enjoy them without harmful chemicals!
Did you know you can make your own “potpourri” simply by simmering a few simple ingredients together in a pot on the stove?
This is something frugal homemakers like our grandmothers have been doing for years. I love that this fall simmer pot recipe is simple, inexpensive, and also chemical-free. It’s a win all around!
Fall Simmering Potpourri Recipe
The procedure for making this fall simmering potpourri recipe is so simple that you don’t really need an actual recipe. But I’ll give you one anyway. 🙂
You can use fresh ingredients, but this is also a great way to use up odd pieces of fruit and older spices.
Last month we went to the apple orchard and picked apples. We came home with quite a few, and we’ve been enjoying apple desserts of all kinds (apple pie, apple crisp, applesauce, etc.).
You can take peels and cores leftover from making those desserts, toss them in a pot with some cinnamon and cloves, and simmer!
Here’s all you do:
Fill a small saucepan about halfway with water and bring to a boil.
Add the following:
- apple slices or peels
- orange slices or peels
- 1 cinnamon stick
- about 1 tablespoon of whole cloves
Turn the heat to simmer, and let your fall simmering potpourri recipe simmer all day, making your home smell amazing!
You do need to remember to check your pot every once in awhile to make sure the water hasn’t boiled away. If the water level is getting too low, simply add more to the pot.
The delicious aroma of apples and cinnamon will fill your house, making everything feel cozy and homey.
There is one warning, though. It smells so good and so much like apple cider that your children may be disappointed when they find out you aren’t actually making cider. (They’ll quickly get over the disappointment and enjoy the delicious aroma!)
Reusing Your Potpourri
If you refrigerate your potpourri, you can keep reusing it for several days or possibly even up to a week. Just add water and possibly some fresh spices if necessary.
Frugal Tip
We regularly find outdated spices and cinnamon sticks at our local discount grocery store for very cheap. Those inexpensive containers would be great for your fall simmering potpourri recipe!
The great thing about this recipe is that it can be adapted in so many ways. You can add other ingredients (including essential oils—cinnamon essential oil would work really well) and change up the amounts, and your simmer pot will still smell delicious.
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I love a simmering pot of potpourri, this is the traditional blend. Its like baking apple pie.
I hope you will stop by #omhgww to share your blog with us next week you do have so much to share.
I hope you have a great weekend!
Karren
Thank you, Karren!
I love to make natural simmering potpourri. I am trying this one out. Pinned.
Happy Halloween,
Kippi
Thanks, Kippi!
Congrats on your feature at TFT! I love your recipe and your frugal tip is great! I would have never thought of picking up outdated spices for simmer pots! We’d love to see you at Tuesday Turn About again!
Thank you, Julie!
I love the smells of fall! Thanks for sharing at Friday Favorites. I’m featuring you this week! Hope you’ll stop by again and this week and enter our special giveaway!
Thanks so much for the feature!
Love this natural potpourri recipe! I would love to invite you to link this post to the GATHERING OF FRIENDS LINK PARTY 9 http://graceforagypsy.com/a-gathering-of-friends-link-party-9/
Thanks!
I’m going to have to try this! 🙂
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It’s really simple to make! 🙂
My in-laws do this every winter and place the boiling pot on their woodstove. It makes the house smell like Christmas. Pinning for later, thanks!
That sounds lovely!
Oh thank you so much for the reminder to do this! I had done this one year before a long time ago. It really makes your house smell amazing! These are the kinds of small touches that make really make our homemaking special, not only for us but for those we share our home with.
It does make the house smell so good!
I can’t wait for fall – I might need to start this now! Thanks for sharing on Homestead Blog Hop!
I can’t believe fall is just around the corner!
This looks like a great alternative to store-bought potpourri, I can’t wait to try it. Your site is beautiful. I am visiting you from the blogger’s pit stop link party. I have followed you on all forums and would love if you followed back. I am still fairly new to blogging and could use all the help I can get in building my traffic. Thanks so much https://wedishitup.com/
Thank you, Liz!
Oh I love this idea!! So simple yet a great way to make our home, well, homier! Thank you!
Thanks for linking up @LiveLifeWell
Blessings,
Amy
So glad it was helpful, Amy!
Thanks for this great idea! Can’t wait to try it.
Enjoy! 🙂
Oh, I love simmering potpourri! We had a cast iron furnace insert in our fireplace growing up and would heat a kettle filled with spices on top of it. The whole house smelled so good. Thanks for taking me down memory lane and thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
How fun to have your simmering potpourri in your fireplace!
Thanks for the recipe! I love doing this in the fall and now I have a new smell for my house! Saw your post at the handmade hangout party:) pinned!
So glad you stopped by, Kathleen! 🙂
Beautiful post. I could practically smell it while reading. Do you ever use cheese cloth to hold it all together?
Thank you, Kim! I don’t use cheesecloth for this, since it’s just a simmer pot. All of the ingredients just simmer in the water and then you can either throw them out or save the mixture and reuse it again.
My next trip to the store I’m picking up some cinnamon sticks! Great idea! Thank you for sharing this at Party in Your PJ’s! I’m pinned to my Household Tips board.
Thanks for stopping by, Teresa!