HOLIDAY SMELLS – FOR YOU TO BOTTLE AND BAKE!

I’LL SHOW YOU HOW…SO VERY EASY TO MAKE!

MMM…CLOSE YOUR EYES – TILT YOUR NOSE IN THE AIR…

THE SMELLS OF CHRISTMAS ARE EVERYWHERE.

WHAT IF YOU BOTTLED THEM UP AND THEN ANYTIME…

YOU ADD SOME HEAT…BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS SMELLS…WHAT A LOVELY RHYME.

DID YOU KNOW, WHEN IT’S CHILLY THIS TIME EACH YEAR…

ORANGES SPARKLE AND SHOUT WE’RE HERE.

TAKE NAVAL ORANGES…THE KIND WITH NO PITS…

SLICE THIN AND BAKE AT 150 FOR 6 HOURS…USE MITS.

ONCE DRY, THREAD WITH CHRISTMAS TWINE…

HANG DRIED ORANGES FROM CHRISTMAS GARLAND AND TREES…SO SUBLIME.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT…WAIT TILL YOU SEE…

CRAZY CATS THAT LOVE CHRISTMAS, STAY CLEAR OF THE ORANGES IN THE TREE!

SMELLS FILL THE AIR…

NO CATS IN TREES, ANYWHERE…

IT’S CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS THAT SPARK MEMORIES…

DAY 11 – QUITE SIMPLY THE BEES KNEES. 🙂

Recipe for Christmas Smells…Gather lovely Christmas spices: Vanilla. Nutmeg. Apple Spice. Oranges, Cinnamon Powder and Cinnamon Sticks. Pour into a Pot with Water – fill to about 3/4 of the pot. Heat on Low Heat. Stir. Let simmer on the stove to fill the kitchen with Christmas Smells. You can Bottle the mixture and Keep Chilled. Then Pour back into a pot, add more water, and simmer for all the Christmas Smells once again.

Recipe for Orange Slices: Cut naval oranges into thin slices. Set on parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Bake at 150 degrees F for 6 hours. Yes, 6 hours. (I first tried setting the oranges slices out in the sun, but it didn’t work and the oranges began to blacken and rot) Once dry, pierce a small hole and string with bakery twine. Hang on garland, wreaths and trees. Sweet and Lovely and Cats do not like the smell and will stay away. 🙂

Cinnamon Sticks…Amazon LINK!