Simple Homemade Cinnamon Syrup

Name: Simple Cinnamon Syrup
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 24 min
Ingredients: ¾ cup water; ¾ cup brown sugar; 3 cinnamon sticks

All you need to make this simple syrup is cinnamon, brown sugar, and water. Add cinnamon flavor to your coffee and tea with this easy recipe.

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About This Cinnamon Simple Syrup

Cinnamon syrup is a flavored simple syrup made with just three ingredients: brown sugar, water, and cinnamon.
Flavor and sweeten your coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and cocktails with this syrup. It’s especially good for iced drinks since it mixes easily into cold beverages.
Make this recipe once and you’ve got cinnamon syrup to last you for days. The recipe makes a cup of syrup.
So much more cost effective to make this syrup at home instead of buying it. Unlike store-bought, it’s made with ingredients you don’t have to Google.

Cinnamon sticks
Cinnamon sticks are preferred over ground cinnamon since it’s a better way to infuse into the simple syrup. Sticks give more of a subtle flavor compared to ground.
Brown sugar
You can use light or dark brown sugar. Regular white sugar works too but I like the richer flavor of brown sugar.
Water
Always go for filtered water if you can.

Here’s a quick overview of the steps to make this syrup. For full ingredients and instructions, scroll down to the recipe.

Put all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer.
Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
Take off heat and steep.
Strain and pour syrup into an airtight container.

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Loving these glass bottles since they’re perfectly sized to hold a cup of syrup. Attached swing closure means you won’t lose the cap!

There are two types of cinnamon (Ceylon and cassia) and either can be used to make this syrup. Ceylon cinnamon is considered by some to be “real cinnamon” and is of high quality. It’s not as easy to find as the cassia and is fairly expensive. Cassia is the cinnamon found in supermarkets in the US and is very affordable.
A cup of cinnamon syrup is 16 tablespoons. Use 1-2 tablespoons of syrup for each cup to sweeten and flavor.
The syrup can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Use syrup in iced and hot tea, iced and hot coffee, lattes, cocktails, and milk.

Do I need to let the ingredients come to a boil?

Nope, it’s not necessary to let it boil. Just simmering and letting the sugar dissolve on low heat is enough to make the simple syrup.

How is simple syrup different from rich syrup?

Simple syrup is equal parts sugar and water. Rich syrup is two parts sugar and 1 part water so it has a thicker consistency.

How can I make a drink for kids using cinnamon syrup?

Put 1-2 tablespoons of syrup into a cup of warm milk and stir. You can also add a little cinnamon syrup to hot chocolate or chocolate milk.

Instead of brown sugar, can I use honey?

Yup, you can replace the brown sugar with any sweetener of your choice. It can be white sugar, maple syrup, date sugar, honey, or agave.

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Author: Jee Choe

Add cinnamon flavor to your coffee and tea with this easy recipe.

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time 4 mins

Steep Time 20 mins

Total Time 24 mins

Course Drinks

Yield servings

Put all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer.
Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
Take off heat and steep for 20 minutes.
Strain and pour syrup into an airtight container.
The syrup will keep for 2 weeks in the refrigerator.