DIY Lemon Essential Oil

Oils tend to take a while to be ready but what’s better then having your own?! Making your own! That’s what’s better! This year I have taken it upon myself to give several options on how to preserve and use all bits of your citrus harvest from the winter. I had no idea how much citrus would come from just a couple trees so I thought others may have run into the same problem as I did when winter hit.

Ingredients and Tools:

Vodka
Lemon peels (perhaps the leftover ones from juicing lemons for Lemon Juice Ice Cubes)
Empty clean jar with good seal on the lid.

Slice all of the rinds off of the lemons and shove into the jar. Then add in vodka to fill to the top. Shake jar vigorously 1 time a week for 30 seconds and keep in the dark cool area of your kitchen.

When your oil officially smells no longer like vodka, about 4 months, remove the peels and filter liquid into a dark container. Store and use however you wish for up to a year. (That’s about as long as I can manage to keep it around. If yours lasts longer than a year let me know in the comments below 😉)