How to Chip Cinnamon Sticks

You can chip up cinnamon sticks for baking or crafts.

Cinnamon sticks are an aromatic natural ingredient used in baking and craft projects. If you have whole sticks of cinnamon you may want to chip up the sticks to make a smaller product to work with. Cinnamon sticks are hard by nature and it will require some preparation and proper technique to create a smoothly chopped cinnamon stick and not a rough end product. You can use chipped cinnamon for baking items like cookies and bread or for crafts like homemade potpourri sachets.

Things You'll Need

• Cinnamon sticks
• Chopping knife
• Cutting board
• Food processor
• Strainer

Instructions

1. Run the cinnamon sticks under water to remove any dust, which is especially important if you will use the cinnamon for baking.

2. Lay the cinnamon sticks on a cutting board and give them a few rough chops with a cutting knife, breaking the sticks up just a bit to make them easy to chip in the food processor.

3. Set up a food processor on your counter and pour the broken cinnamon pieces inside. Pulse the food processor to further chop the cinnamon, stopping when the cinnamon pieces are about the size of chocolate chips.

4. Pour the cinnamon chips into a strainer so any cinnamon dust created in the food processor is strained out and you are left with just the chipped pieces of cinnamon.

Tips & Warnings

• If you're working with large cinnamon sticks you may need to split them up into batches when placing them in the food processor.

• Take care not to cut yourself on the blade of the food processor when setting it up.

References

• The Epi Centre: Cinnamon