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EASY TO MAKE WINTER/CHRISTMAS SIMMER POT USING NATURAL THINGS TO MAKE YOUR HOME SMELL AMAZING! CAN BE DONE ON THE STOVE TOP OR WITH A SLOW COOKER.


Winter Simmer Pot Recipe, Make Your Home Smell Amazing NaturallyAll the smells of a winter home piled into a vintage cast iron pan simmering on the stove is just what I need on a chilly December’s day. I know for me I seem to enjoy the spicy smells of cinnamon and the earthy smell of pine during the long winter months. They just comfort me as I’m wrapped in a warm blanket enjoying a good book on those days when it gets dark so early.  

Winter Simmer Pot Recipe, Make Your Home Smell Amazing NaturallyI decided to put together a simmer pot that remind me of a crisp winters day by a roaring fire. Hubby has a small fireplace in his man cave that he keeps toasty warm starting in November untill spring rolls around again. I’ve asked him to put a fireplace on the main level of our cabin but it’s so much work and so costly that he’s been avoiding it for now. I was against a fireplace when we built so it’s my own fault for not getting one when I could have. 

Winter Simmer Pot Recipe, Make Your Home Smell Amazing NaturallyHere’s the recipe I use.

  • My base is always apple cider (fill pan or slow cooker 3/4 full with liquid)
  • Pine clippings
  • Cranberries
  • Orange slices
  • Grapefruit wedges
  • Cinnamon sticks
  • Cloves

Add it all to a pan and simmer on low on the stovetop or place in a slow cooker on low with the lid off. I use mine for several days in a row. When the liquid starts to cook off I just add water to bring it back up to full. Once it’s past it’s prime I toss it all into the compost bin. 

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  1. Diane says

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    We have had a few fireplaces in our different homes over the years. Our Maryland house had a wood burning fireplace that heated up the rooms nicely, but the smell of it used to burn my eyes and throat, and the wood logs made a huge mess in the house no matter what we did. Then our house in Arizona, a gas fireplace, was pretty much for looks and we never ever used it simply because Arizona was way too warm. Our first home in Virginia had a gas fireplace that again…. we never used it, but our current home has a gas fireplace and is used a LOT. We turn it on every morning when we rise to take the chill off the house. We love it! I will have to try your simmer pot and get some good fragrance going in the house! It sounds and looks wonderful, Dawn. Thanks for sharing the recipe. xox

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    • Dawn says

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      Diane, the reason I opted out of a fireplace in this home was the mess….when I lived at home we had a wood burner and I’d constantly have poison ivy from hauling in wood, not good either. Maybe I need to rethink this brilliant idea of a fireplace, LOL.

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  2. Jen D. says

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    Sounds like a really nice combination and it looks pretty, too. We have a Jotul wood stove and we just love it. I fill a pan with water which I keep on top to add moisture to the air – I’m going to add some cranberries, a cinnamon stick and whole cloves that I already have on hand to it today.

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    • Dawn says

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      Jen we had a cabin up north with a stove like that and I loved it. We’d put a pot of stew on top, go out and ice fish or snowmobile, and when we got home it was done. Great memories. Your simmer pot sounds wonderful, I bet the place with have a heavenly aroma.

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  3. Kathleen G says

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    Love the smell of winter and your simmering recipe is perfect. Yes, a fireplace where I live is not really something we would use, swimming pool, yes! We are not getting the rain we need, El Nina is making her presence. Kathleen in Az

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    • Dawn says

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      Kathleen, we had a pool at our guest house for years, it was just something I had to keep clean and maintain so we did away with it. My kids would rather swim in our pond and I didn’t have to clean that, lol. We had rain that switched to snow and now we’re back int eh 50’s again. I’m ready for winter here in the mitten state.

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