What are some really simple recipes which in preparation make the home smell good and feel cozy and inviting?

Answer 1

With the crisp fall air nowadays, how about Apple Crisp? Here's a recipe my family loves...

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cups Macintosh apples - peeled, cored and quartered
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup milk

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Combine apples and brown sugar in a large Dutch oven.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Combine milk, flour, and oats. Pour mixture over apples and brown sugar.
Bake for 1 hour. Serve.


It goes great with vanilla ice cream or half&half or milk poured over top!

Answer 2

When I was young realtor's would put a pie pan filled with pumpkin pie spice in the oven set it at 300. It would fill the house with the smell of cinnamon and make it feel so warm and inviting. It was a way to sell the house, nice smells that would remind one of mom's baking usually worked. I looked around and found you a recipe for a quick pie it's called an
APPLEBUTTER PUMPKIN PIE.
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 cup apple butter
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup evaporated milk
1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crust
STREUSEL TOPPING:
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, apple butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Stir in eggs and evaporated milk. Pour into prepared pie shell.
Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a knife inserted 2 inches from the center comes out clean. Sprinkle streusel topping over the pie, and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
To make the streusel topping: In a small bowl, combine butter, flour, and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans

Answer 3

I guess you're selling your house and need something for showings.

Cookies really have been overused as a selling tool. You could create a nice smell by putting orange rind in a pie pan and baking on LOW.

If you really want to bake, I have JUST the recipe. It has a FABULOUS aroma AND you have the joy of eating it when it's done.

Piña Colada Squares

Ingredients:

1 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
¼ c. margarine or butter
1 egg, separated
¼ c. skim milk
1 (14 oz) can unsweetened crushed pineapple in its own juice
2 Tbsp. corn starch
2 tsp. rum extract
1 tsp. vanilla extract (use the real thing)
¼ tsp. cream of tartar
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 c. unsweetened coconut (shredded or desiccated, or a combination of both - your choice)
Preheat oven to 350°F.

For the bottom layer:
Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in margarine until mixture is crumbly. Beat egg yolk & milk together with a fork. Stir into crumbs. Press into the bottom of a lightly greased 8" square pan.

Middle layer:
Combine crushed pineapple (and its juice) and cornstarch in a pan; mix well. Stir while cooking over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in the rum extract and vanilla extract. Pour over the bottom layer.

Top layer:
Beat the egg white and cream of tartar until frothy. Add sugar and beat until soft peaks form. Fold in the coconut. Spread evenly and carefully over the pineapple layer. Press down lightly with a fork. Bake in a 350°F oven for 30 minutes until top is golden brown. Cool and cut into squares.

(The aroma of the cooking pineapple will make you the envy of the neighbours. You may want to make two!)

Answer 4

It's so great that you want your house to smell cozy and nice. I think stewing chicken thighs on the bone (for the marrow) and adding chopped whole fresh garlic is the best bet......you can let it simmer for quite awhile with no real harm done...then if you add salt and some veggies later you'll have a good soup...Don't forget to skim the fat!

Answer 5

Chocolate chip cookies

boil water in an OLD pot (it discolors the pan) a handful of cloves, and/or pickling spices with cinnamon sticks, allspice berries, etc. I buy cheap spices at the dollar store for this. You can keep adding water to the pot. Be careful as the water runs out and the spices are a mess to clean up when they burn.

Answer 6

Put a couple of drops of vanilla on your finger tip and rub it over your lightbulbs in the rooms you want to smell good.It will smell like your baking something good without the fuss. Whenever I do this people ask me if I'm baking cookies!

Answer 7

Any recipe scents that infiltrate like cinnamon, vanilla. Cloves, cinnamon and orange peels simmering on the stove can evoke that homey invite.

Answer 8

pot roast that's been cooking in the slowcooker all morning gives a great inviting smell when you come home from church on sunday. also cookies, cake and anything sweet makes the home feel good. which is why i love the fall and winter months. i always have soups on and or roasts. my kids are sure to have alot of memories of home. however my daughter told me the one smell that will always remind her of me is my chanel no.5.lol go figure!

Answer 9

buy some boneless chicken breasts and a bottle of jack daniel's bbq sauce, then put them both in a bowl in an oven for 1.5 hours or until the meat is tender. the house will smell good to any man.

Answer 10

Cake