Apple Pie Spice Potpourri

A delightful potpourri with real apple slices and spices, to make your house smell wonderful!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 30

Ingredients

• 1  small apple, made into dried apple slices (see below)
• 1  cup  carnation  fresh edible flower, pink and red,dried
•  cinnamon stick, broken into small pieces
• 2  teaspoons nutmeg
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons whole cloves
• 1  tablespoon orange zest
• 3  drops  vanilla  fragrance oil (at your craft store)

Directions

1. Dried Apple Slices: Preheat your oven to 150 degrees.
2. 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.
3. You can sprinkle a little cinnamon on top to make these cinnamon dried apples.
4. Let the dried apple cool for about ten minutes before adding to the other ingredients.
5. 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.
6. Cover tightly.
7. This mixture will keep for months.
8. To use, place about a tablespoon into 2 cups of boiling water.
9. Turn down the heat and let the mixture simmer gently to release all of the wonderful apple pie scent!