Neighbor Gifts.

Our cozy brick house is in an older neighborhood with mostly older neighbors. Last year for neighbor gifts I distributed chocolate turtles. This year I got to thinking that some of our neighbors may be on special diets. That is when I decided to do a non food gift. Something useful, pretty and easy. I dried apple slices, oranges, and lemons with a friends food dehydrator and then found the following recipe to create a lovely Christmastime scent.

5 cinnamon sticks

1 dried lemon slice

1 dried orange slice

1/2 cup whole cloves

1 tbs. nutmeg

1/4 cup whole allspice

1 tbs. bay leaf pieces

3 dried apple slices

Combine ingredients. Add water to simmer on stovetop.