Holiday Scented Stove Top Simmer
Make your house smell like it's ready for the holidays with kitchen scraps and pantry staples in this Holiday Scented Stove Top Simmer.
Ingredients
- Orange peels and/or halved oranges (It's okay to uses oranges that you don't want to eat, eg. ones that are dried out or mushy, just make sure to cut off any rotten or moldy bits)
- 1-2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 small spruce or pine sprigs
- 1 pinch (about 10) whole cloves
- 1 whole star anise or equal portion of broken pieces (optional)
- 1 bay leaf
- water
Instructions
- Add orange peel cinnamon sticks, spruce sprigs, cloves and star anise to a small saucepan. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to low to medium low and continue to barely simmer (really, you just want it to keep steaming). Check water levels often, and add more water as needed.