My Nacific Tasty Kitchen skincare came today. Currently looking at the box and dying to get home to open it.
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(also made pão de queijo ((brazilian cheese bread)) for the first time yesterday and very thrilled with how they turned out. Ft. some homemade orange marmalade, from my partners mother)
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Cinnamon Syrup; Recipe and Uses
Cinnamon is a great spice to bake with when doing Kitchen Magic. It's a powerful and versatile ingredient. However, I personally don't like adding cinnamon directly to my drinks, as the texture can be gritty and off putting. But I love the flavour. So I decided to try making a simple syrup and infusing the cinnamon in that.
A simple syrup is just equal parts sugar and water, heated so all the sugar dissolves. You can use any sugar (Or sugar alternative if you want to make a Zero Sugar Syrup) but most of the time, white sugar is used.
On a stovetop, over medium heat, combine 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Stir until Sugar Dissolves.
Add Cinnamon Sticks. You want to break them up a bit, butt still keep it chunky so it's easy to strain. 4 to 6 sticks should do.
I also added a coffee bean to energize/activate my Cinnamon's Properties since these were older sticks. But that's optional.
Bring syrup to a simmer, and let it continue to simmer for 5 to 10 minutes with the lid off. Take care not to boil the syrup as that can change the sugar's structure.
Once done simmering, remove from heat and place a lid on the pot. Let it sit and cool down over the course of a few hours. This allows the cinnamon to infuse further.
Now strain the syrup using a Siv or cheese cloth. To the syrup, mix in half tsp of vanilla if you want. Jar it up and store in the fridge.
Uses
Cinnamon attracts and enhances just about anything positive in life. Love, Prosperity, Power, Success, Money, Happiness, ect. Cinnamon was also used in purifying rituals of past cultures. For this reason, many Witches will add some Cinnamon to their morning beverage.
You can add this syrup to coffee and tea, treating it like a sweetener. So if you take a spoonful of sugar in your coffee, you'll use a spoonful of syrup.
You could also try making your own coffee creamer with this simple syrup and a can of evaporated milk. If you like your Creamer super sweet, use sweet and condensed milk.
Mix some of this syrup in with sparkling water for a different flavor pop.
Add a spoonful to plain yogurt with some berries either as it's own thing or to enhance the properties of the fruit.
Let me know how else you use cinnamon syrup!
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