This cinnamon simple syrup is made with ground cinnamon for an easy recipe. Cinnamon syrup is a delicious ingredient in cocktails, mocktails, and coffee drinks!
Lately I've been experimenting with a lot of different simple syrups. I love how you can use them in so many ways! And I love cinnamon, so making a cinnamon simple syrup seemed like a no brainer.
I also wanted something that was easy to make with ingredients I always have at home. And I ALWAYS have ground cinnamon. So I decided to make this cinnamon syrup using ground cinnamon.
Ingredients
- Water
- Sugar
- Ground cinnamon
What type of sugar should you use?
You can use whatever type of sugar you like! I used white granulated sugar to keep things simple. You can use raw sugar as well. While you can use brown sugar, you may want to use half brown sugar, half regular sugar. If you use all brown sugar, it can overpower the cinnamon flavor.
How to make cinnamon simple syrup
First, get your ingredients ready! Measure out a cup of sugar, a cup of water, and half a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Next, add all the ingredients to a pot and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer over medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
You can see the dark, rich color. Let cool, then pour into a jar, place the lid on the top and store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Ground cinnamon versus cinnamon sticks
You can 100% make a simple syrup using ground cinnamon. Just know that the ground cinnamon is not going to dissolve completely into the syrup. You still will get an extremely flavorful, rich simple syrup. But you will be left with some ground cinnamon in the syrup.
And if you're okay with that, then great! I personally don't mind. It doesn't affect the flavor of drinks, in my opinion. And it's so easy to make. It means you don't have to keep cinnamon sticks on hand. I just like to shake the jar before using to make sure any ground cinnamon is nicely distributed.
Cinnamon sticks will give you the flavor without the ground cinnamon. However, that does require to have cinnamon sticks on hand, and can be a bit more expensive since you're using cinnamon sticks and not just a little bit of ground cinnamon. If you use cinnamon sticks, you'll want to cook together, but then let your cinnamon sticks infuse and steep for an hour before removing.
How to use cinnamon syrup
Cinnamon simple syrup can be used in a variety of ways!
- Cocktails
- Mocktails (non-alcoholic cocktails) - this orange cinnamon mocktail is divine!
- In coffee drinks
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Cinnamon Simple Syrup (using ground cinnamon)
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Into a small or medium pot, add all the ingredients.
- Stir together, then bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
- Reduce heat to a simmer over medium-low heat. Simmer for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved and mixture has slightly thickened.
- Let cool, then pour into a jar with a lid. Store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Notes
Nutrition
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David Miller
Make it in a coffee pot if you're using powder. Just like you're making coffee. Rinse the coffee pot out. Put the powder and the coffee filter just as you would coffee leaving the filter open do not tie the filter. Put two or more cups of water in the back of the coffee pot and turn it on. It works great with powder. Have a great day.
Aimee
Thanks so much for chiming in! That's such a good idea.
David Miller
Thank you for the very nice and helpful recipe. I've tried this before but I don't like the cinnamon being left in the syrup. It took me a long time to figure out what else to do to make this not so. I was making coffee for my mom one day and I realized rinse out the coffee pot put some cinnamon and the coffee filter instead of coffee and two cups of water in the back of the coffee pot and run it. I did this it came out amazing with no cinnamon in it at all and it was dark like I wanted it to be. It tasted amazing and it was filtered and it works great. Try it sometime. Thank you guys and have a great day.
Connie
If I would like a hotter cinnamon taste can I just double the amount of cinnamon?
Aimee
Go for it!
Cormac Smith
This recipe looks great. If you don't want the ground cinnamon in the final product, you should be able to just run the syrup through a coffee filter. The flavor might not be as strong, though.
As for a hotter cinnamon flavor, more cinnamon would be one way, but if you want to get fancy, you could look at the type of cinnamon you use. I've found that cinnamon from different regions have somewhat different profiles. For a hotter, stronger cinnamon punch, I would use Chinese Tung Hing cinnamon. For a sweeter flavor with less kick but still a good flavor, you could use Vietnamese cinnamon. You can get a variety of types of cinnamon and tons of other spices and herbs from https://www.penzeys.com/. Warning: the owner gets political, which is odd for this kind of business, but the products can't be beat! I am not getting any kind of compensation for pushing this site. Just a happy customer.
David Miller
Yes you can. Make it in a coffee pot. If you're using ground cinnamon. Put it in a coffee filter like you're making coffee. Put about a tablespoon in there and if you like it stronger, the news more. You have to use at least two cups of water because it's a coffee pot. Adjust the water amount and the powder amount for what you want the flavor to be like.
Alyssa
This was absolutely delicious! We were looking for a recipe that used ground cinnamon and not sticks, so yummy! Finished the first bottle we made within a week.