Our high quality 2x ground cinnamon is made exclusively from the inner bark of the cinnamon tree. This makes it almost twice the strength of the ordinary ground cinnamon found at supermarkets.

Ground cinnamon is a classic spice combination with apples. It is a main flavoring in apple pie, apple cider and some apple sauces. Ground cinnamon is an important flavor in pumpkin pies and in all kinds of pastries, especially the sweet stick cinnamon buns we all love to have as a special breakfast treat . Cinnamon also adds a pleasant, but unexpected complexity to tomato sauce and chocolate.

Ground cinnamon is a classic combination with sugar to make cinnamon sugar, loved by children everywhere and even some adults. Cinnamon sugar is often sprinkled on toast and breakfast cereals. See recipe for cinnamon sugar below.

Cinnamon powder is an unusually addition to tomato sauces, but it adds a surprisingly pleasant and complex flavor to these sauces. Cinnamon is actually a common ingredient added to Mexican tomato sauces, Ground Cinnamon's sweetness creates a surprising balance to the tomatoes acidity while adding to the complexity of flavors in the sauce.

Ground Cinnamon is also a classic flavor complement to chocolate, used first by the Aztec Indians and continues today in Hispanic cuisine.  A little pinch of ground cinnamon and cayenne really helps bring out the complex flavors of chocolate which is why they are all  ingredients in Mexico's famous Mole sauce.

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Ground cinnamon is an important in many sweet desserts as wells as a savory ones. Add ground cinnamon to pastries, coffee cake, candies, puddings, hot cereals, fruits, sweet sauces and even liqueurs. Add it to savory foods such as tomatoes sauce, Mexican mole sauce.  Cinnamon is also used to add aroma or flavor  to other products such as candles, soap, mouthwash and toothpaste.

Cinnamon is unusual among spices because freshly ground cinnamon is not always the best choice. Most spices are always better freshly ground because the spices start loosing volatile oils and thus flavor as soon as they are ground, the longer they sit after that the more flavor and aroma is lost. although this also holds true for ground cinnamon, producers generally grind the best cinnamon bark for sale as ground cinnamon and the lower quality cinnamon bark is rolled, dried, and sold as cinnamon sticks. The lower quality of bark used to make most cinnamon stick far out ways the volatile oil loss of pre ground cinnamon.

Mix 1 part ground cinnamon and 7 parts granulated sugar. Mix thoroughly. Sprinkle on toast, cinnamon buns, baked apples, leftover trimmings from pie crusts, and more.

To make a simple Cinnamon oil simmer 1 part ground cinnamon in 4 parts oil for about 5 minutes. Cool and strain though a coffee filter, Add a few cinnamon stick to the storage jar if desired. Used cinnamon oil as a flavoring for candies, for general flavoring purpose, sent potpourri and even soap.

 

Cinnamon as been shown to have a number of medical properties by scientific studies. These include:

• antioxidant- The oil in cinnamon helps protect cells from damage by free radicals that can cause disease and ageing. Add a little extra cinnamon for flavor and reap some of the benefits of the antioxidants that we all need.
• carminative- Cinnamon helps relieve the digestive system excess gas.
• antispasmodic- helps calm muscle spasms.
• antibacterial- Cinnamon oil kills or inhibits the grow of many types of bacteria. This appears to be especially true of  bacteria that cause oral infections like the ones caused by Candida. This antibacterial action explains why cinnamon is a common ingredient in mouthwash, its not just for flavor!
• antifungal- Cinnamon oil can even be helpful in the treatment of parasitic fungal infections.