Christmas Stovetop Simmer Spices
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Christmas Stovetop Simmer Spices fill your home with the warm, inviting scents of the holiday season. A blend of fragrant spices and citrus, this simple simmering potpourri is the perfect way to make your home smell amazing.
These simmer spices are also great for gifting around the holidays with our free printable gift tag.
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There is nothing better than making and giving handmade gifts! If you are like me with teachers, neighbors, co-workers, and friends to spoil during the holidays, you are looking for thoughtful and thrifty handmade gifts. I have just the gift: holiday stovetop simmer spices!
What are simmer spices?
Simmer spices are aromatic ingredients that you gently heat in water to release their fragrances. You can use any number of blends of spices, herbs, and fruits like cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, citrus peels, and fresh cranberries.
When the spices are simmered on the stove, it allows the natural oils and fragrances to fill the air.
Why I love this recipe
Simmering spices, also called stovetop potpourri, are great for scenting your home without the use of candles or artificial scents.
They also make an inexpensive and much-appreciated DIY hostess gift for holiday parties if you add the printable instructions.
Ingredients
- citrus: orange, grapefruit, lemon, limes, or tangerine
- whole nutmeg
- cinnamon sticks
- whole cloves
Other simmer pot ingredients you can experiment with include sprigs of fresh rosemary, pine needles, apple slices, bay leaf, and mint.
Step by step
For gifting simply add the citrus and spices to small gift bags or jars and attach these printable gift tags.
The final step is to assemble your spices, pop them in a cellophane bag and attach a cute little instruction tag with ribbon or twine.
Tips for Best Results
- to save money you can buy the spices in bulk from Amazon or your local warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club
- you can set your simmer spices up in a slow cooker when entertaining so you don’t have to keep the stove on
Click here to print Stovetop Simmer Tags!
Thanks so much for the great idea. I no longer use store bought room fresheners because of all the chemicals found in them. This sounds wonderful.
Merry Christmas
What a fun gift! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Awesome. Totally! I’m thinking teacher gifts! We’re totally on a budget, and this would make a great consumable present!
Uhh…count me in for this!! I love how simple and wonderful this idea is! I might even need to make one for myself. 😉
Thanks for sharing!!
Love this! and thanks for the printable tags!! You have made this super easy. Yeah!!!
I made this with Keri and it really smells great for several days.
This is a great idea! I would love this simmering in my house! And what a unique gift!
This is such a good idea and you are right the tags are simply adorable! I just shared this with my readers. I will probably also make some to go with the jam I am gifting this year. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I bet this smells absolutely LOVELY!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this as well, with us at our Christmas Extravaganza Party!! Pinning 🙂 xoxo
What a thoughtful gift idea! I can almost smell it already. Great idea for a gift.
I love simmering spices, and it’s a great gift idea! Pinning this for sure!
What a wonderful idea! I know a ton of people who would love receiving one of these as a gift.
Thank you so much for the idea and printables! It is so cute and such a sweet gift. I am packaging mine up right now.