Baker's Best of Health

If company’s coming this holiday season and you need to get rid of lingering odors in your home fast, try one of these easy air-freshening tricks:

• Heat the oven to 300°F, and set a whole, unpeeled orange inside. Bake it for about 15 minutes with the oven door slightly ajar, then turn the oven off.
• Throw pieces of dried lemon peel into your fireplace.
• Soak cotton balls in vanilla extract, and tuck them behind the covers in your heat registers.
• Toss a handful of citrus peels into a pot of boiling water along with a few cloves and a shake or two of cinnamon. Reduce the heat, and let the fragrant brew simmer.

Aaaahh—now you’re ready for your visitors! So roll out the welcome mat and let the fun begin.