If necessary, use a mortar and pestle to crush dried bay leaves and lavender flowers until powders forms. It’s okay if the powders are slightly coarse. Alternatively, you can buy pre-packaged powders.

In a small mixing bowl, combine the bay, lavender, and marshmallow root powders. Mix well.

Add the water to the mixed powders and stir until a pliable and uniform mixture forms.

If you want perfect incense cones, use the conical tip of a piping bag as a mold for the cones. Press the mixture into the piping tip, then gently push it out with a toothpick inserted into the hole on the piping tip.

Alternatively, you can take a teaspoon-sized amount of the incense mixture and then roll and shape it with your fingers.

Place the cones on parchment paper at room temperature to dry for at least one day before using. The longer they dry, the better they will burn.

To use, place a cone on a heat-safe dish or incense burner, light the tip and then blow out or waft with your hand until you have a constant stream of fragrant tendrils of smoke.

Enjoy!