Christmas Stovetop Potpourri Recipe

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Christmas Potpourri is simply made on your stovetop using water, cranberries, an orange, cinnamon sticks and rosemary. You can simmer the Christmas smell right into your home!

Homemade Potpourri smells amazing and is so cozy

You can make your home smell incredible without needing to buy fancy oils, melts or other chemical related products. Keeping the ingredients as natural and as whole as it gets is not only better for your health but it also helps to keep the smells realistic and simple. You don’t need fancy high-priced items, just a pot on the stove, some water and a few seasonal ingredients that can help to make your home smell festive and incredible this fall/winter.

Stovetop potpourri is as simple as it gets and gives the added bonus of helping to heat your home ever so slightly, so having a pot going on a cold and chilly day is ideal for creating the perfect holiday feels.

Every year when we put up the Christmas tree and get out the Christmas decorations, this Potpourri is on the stovetop. In fact, when I took these pictures (in September! 😉 ) all of my kids were raving.. ‘Mom, it smells like CHRISTMAS!!’

What’s potpourri?

Potpourri is a mixture of dried herbs, spices and sometimes flowers that is either on display or used for their fragrance.

What’s in Stove Top Potpourri?

Fresh cranberries (you can use frozen cranberries, too!)
An orange
Cinnamon sticks
Fresh rosemary
Water

Check out the exact ingredient amounts and the simple steps in the card below!

Christmas Potpourri Recipe variations

There are a lot of different variations when to comes to Christmas potpourri. Add some vanilla extract, apple slices, pine needles, or even peppermint leaves!

How to make Stovetop Potpourri

All you need to do is add your ingredients to a pan. This can be a sauce pan or a skillet, whatever you’d like to use. Then add enough water to nearly cover the ingredients.

Bring the pot to a boil and let it continue to simmer until you are done with it, adding in new water as needed to keep it from running out.

Seriously, it’s that easy!

How to store this Potpourri Recipe

Between uses, you can place your stovetop potpourri in the fridge and continue to reuse it until the smells run out. Although, replenishing the ingredients could help to extend the life of the potpourri as well.

Does stovetop potpourri need to be refrigerated?

Because this is not being consumed, no it doesn’t need to be refrigerated.

How long does stovetop potpourri last?

Once started, you can usually get several hours of intensely wonderful smells, but scents may last up to 4 days if you use the same potpourri. Just keep a close eye on the water levels for safety reasons.

Christmas Stovetop Potpourri FAQs

How long does stovetop potpourri smell last?

As long as you keep adding water to the pan and simmering, it will smell for hours and hours and hours!

How to make potpourri for Christmas gifts?

Add all of the ingredients besides the water to a mason jar and tie with a ribbon!

What spices make your house smell like Christmas?

To me, cranberries, rosemary, orange and cinnamon smells like Christmas!

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