How to Make Cinnamon Oil

the things you'll need to make cinnamon oil

This is an easy way to make cinnamon oil.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Cinnamon sticks
• Pure vegetable oil, ideally olive oil
• A large amber glass bottle, several small glass bottles for storing the oil
• Cheesecloth or something similar (optional)

1. large amber jar

   Get a large glass jar, preferably amber or green glass. A wide mouth, with straight sides (like in the picture) is preferable for ease in pouting and straining out the ingredients.

2. cinnamon sticks

   Fill the jar as tightly as you can with cinnamon sticks.

3. olive oil

   Pour the olive oil over the cinnamon sticks until they are covered with oil.

4. Leave the jar to stand in a warm spot, like a sunny windowsill. Shake the jar daily, to help release the cinnamon oils into the base oil.

5. small amber bottles for storing the cinnamon oil

   After about three weeks, the oils in the cinnamon sticks will have been released into the oil, and you will have cinnamon oil. Strain the oil with cheesecloth or something similar, or just pull the cinnamon sticks out of the oil with your fingers. Bottle the oil in amber glass bottles, and store them in a cool, dark place.

Tips & Warnings

• The amber (or any other dark-colored) glass helps to keep your oil from going bad. Green glass is also okay, however, blue glass is not.

• These instructions make diluted cinnamon oil, not essential oil.

• The fresher your cinnamon sticks, the stronger and better the oil will be.

• Do not forget your oil, and leave it in the sun longer than three weeks, or it will go rancid.

• Even though the oil is not essential oil, please still use caution, as essential cinnamon oil will burn unprotected skin.