Holiday Spice Potpourri

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 oranges
• 4 lemons
• 1/2 cup whole cloves
• 1/2 cup whole allspice
• 10 cinnamon sticks, broken
• 10 bay leaves, broken
• 4 (8 ounce) decorated jelly jars, with bands and lids

Recipe

• 1 using a vegetable peeler, peel fruit carefully, removing only the peel, not any of the pith.
• 2 cut or tear into one inch pieces.
• 3 spread peel on paper towel lined pan.
• 4 place in preheated oven to 175.
• 5 dry in oven for 1 1/2 hours, tossing occasionally.
• 6 peels should be leathery and/or slightly crunchy.
• 7 spread peels on dry paper towels and let air dry for 24 hours.
• 8 combine with remaining ingredients.
• 9 fill jars with mixture, place lids on and screw bands on tightly.
• 10 yield: 3 or 4 half pint jars.
• 11 to use:
• 12 remove lid and leave band on for decoration to fragrance a room. or put one tblsp into a jar and fill jar with boiling water to release fragrance.