Things You'll Need:
- Small sauce pan
- Water
- Various spices
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Step 1
Choose various spices that will go into the holiday spice mix. Cinnamon and vanilla extract may be all you want in your mulling spices. The fun thing about creating your own spice mix is that you can choose whichever spices you love best. Add a little orange zest or ginger to the mix if you want. You will only need small amounts of spices to create an aroma. Experiment a little, you may just thank yourself.
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Step 2
Add water. Once you have added in all of the spices you want in your holiday spice mix, mix water and the spices into a small sauce pan.
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Step 3
Heat it up. Place the sauce pan on your stove and leave it on simmer all day. The lowest heat setting should work perfectly, you do not need to boil the mixture to get the full benefits of the aroma. Be sure to carefully monitor the mixture and turn off the stove if you are leaving home. Add water when necessary. Once the mixture heats up, you will start to smell the sweet scent of the holidays throughout your home.














