Apple Pie Spice Potpourri

<font color="purple"><font size="3">Apple Pie Spice Potpourri

A delightful potpourri with real apple slices and spices, to make

your house smell wonderful!



1 small apple - made into dried apple slices (see below)

1 cup carnation petals, pink and red, dried

Cinnamon stick, broken into small pieces

2 teaspoons nutmeg

1 1/ 2 tablespoons whole cloves

1 tablespoon grated orange peel

3 drops vanilla fragrance oil (at your craft store)



Preheat your oven to 150 degrees. Slice the unpeeled apple in very

thin slices and lay in a single layer on a baking sheet sprayed

lightly with vegetable oil spray and bake for 30 minutes. You can

sprinkle a little cinnamon on top to make these cinnamon dried

apples. Let the dried apple cool for about ten minutes before adding

to the other ingredients.



In a lidded glass jar (a Mason jar is perfect) combine all of the

ingredients of the potpourri mixture, and gently combine with a

wooden spoon. Cover tightly. This mixture will keep for months. To

use, place about a tablespoon into 2 cups of boiling water. Turn down

the heat and let the mixture simmer gently to release all of the

wonderful apple pie scent! </font></font>