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Cinnamon Comfits

A dried cinnamon confection made by soaking cinnamon in warm water, cutting, and drying.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Cinnamon Comfits

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the cinnamon in warm water for 2-3 hours to soften it.

  2. Cut the softened cinnamon into thin pieces, about ½ inch long.

  3. Dry the cut cinnamon in the stove.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Cinnamon
Supplies the main flavor and aroma of the dish.

The step that matters

Soaking the cinnamon. Water slowly soaks into dry plant material and softens it. The cinnamon needs enough soaking time to become pliable before it is cut, otherwise the pieces may stay hard and break unevenly.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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