My mother has been making her own homemade holiday pot simmer recipe since the beginning of time.  At least since the beginning of my time.

Same diff.

Do you even know what that means?  Homemade holiday pot simmer recipe?

It’s basically a bunch of yummy smells thrown into a pot, filled with water, and left to simmer on a back burner on the stove while you wrap presents or hang out in your house.

I usually keep it pretty basic, using whatever I have in the kitchen around the holidays: orange peels, lemon peels, whatever holiday citrus I’m using, mixed with spices.  Sometimes I use whole cinnamon sticks I buy at the dollar store {never use the good stuff for a pot simmer, it’s a total waste}, some nutmeg, cloves, and whatever else I feel like adding.  Ginger is a yummy smell to add to the mix, but it’s really whatever you please.  Here’s my recipe:

homemade holiday pot simmer recipe

• 1 or 2 orange peels
• 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon or
• 3-4 cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cloves

The whole point is to make you happy and to make your house smell like the holidays, whatever that means … >> find out more…

Allison

I'm Allison, founder and editor of Petit Elefant. I run the gamut from granola to glamour and love everything in between. I think the beach is always a good idea, as is Diet Dr. Pepper; on ice. Sometimes I put out the fires and sometimes I start them. Sometimes I really do have it all together. Sometimes my children say otherwise. We just like to keep it real around here.