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Cinnamon Water

A beverage made by infusing cinnamon in water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Break the cinnamon into pieces.

Infuse or distill

  1. Infuse the broken cinnamon in water for two days.

  2. Alternatively, simmer the cinnamon in the still for 30 minutes.

  3. Return any liquid that comes over during distillation.

Filter

  1. Filter the mixture through a flannel bag or blotting paper when cold.

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 aromatic compounds that give the water its flavor.
Water
Acts as the solvent that draws flavor out of the cinnamon pieces.

“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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