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DIY Fire Starters 

Servings: 8-10 Biscuits

5 minutes prep

15-20 min to bake

Tips & Tricks:

Wicks - You can purchase wicks online, I will post a link on my Amazon Favorites or you can make your own wicks by:

  • cutting butcher twine to your desired length

  • boil salt in wanter to dissolve & then remove from hear & let twine soak for 15-20 minutes

  • Let dry overnight or dry on low for 1 hr in the oven on parchment paper

Ingredients

  1. Wax

  2. wick (see note below)

  3. dryer lint

  4. cupcake liners

  5. Dried Items all optional Mix & match

    • Cinnamon Sticks

    • Dried Oranges

    • Dried Lemons or Limes

    • Star of Anise Pods

    • Dried Rosemary

    • Dried Twigs & Branches

    • Dried Bay Leaves

    • Whole Cloves

    • Pine Cone

    • Shredded Paper

    • Much more

  1. For your wax you can purchase bees wax or you can use wax from old candles. Quanitiy will depend on how many you wish to make. Each cupcake will use about 30-40 grams of wax

  2. Melt wax down in a small crockpot, double broiler on the oven or in the microwave. Depending on what you have for your resources

  3. While wax is melting line your cupcake pan with liners & place dryer lint in the bottom of each with your wick. I like to place the dryer lint on bottom because it is not as “pretty” and then add all my dried items to the top.

  4. After wax has melted fill each cupcake liner about 1/2 full with wax and let cool slightly

  5. After wax has semi hardened place all your dried items on top, cinnamon sicks, pine cones, shredded papers etc. anything your heart desires, lots of options listed to the side and many more that you could come up with too!

  6. after you have everything aranged and placed fill your liners up the rest of the way leaving just a little space right at the edge so it does not spill over to the metal part of the cupcake pan (then it is a mes to clean up)

  7. If you are making these in the cooler months set them outside to harden and solidify for about 30 minutes. If you are preparing ahead in the summer months leave on the counter or refrigerator to harden.

  8. Light and enjoy a clean burn without all the toxic chemicals of fire starters!!!

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