Mint and cinnamon flavored sugar is ideal for gifting at Christmas or other special occasions, very easy to make, it prepares with a few things, there are two separate flavors 1 mint and 1 cinnamon, you will just need glass jars with airtight closure and a colorful ribbon and you’re done! The quantities indicated below are for two medium-sized jars. If you give them as a gift, add a note explaining how to use them, they can be used to flavor desserts or teas and infusions! And homemade gifts are always much appreciated (besides saving money which is never a bad thing!)!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2 jars
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients for Mint and Cinnamon Flavored Sugar
- 2 teaspoons dried mint (if you don't know how to dry it, I'll explain it at the end of the article!)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 sticks cinnamon sticks
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Useful Tools for Preparing Mint and Cinnamon Flavored Sugar
- Jars
- Food Scale
- Decorative Ribbon
Preparation of Mint and Cinnamon Flavored Sugar
If you have dried mint ready, just measure the ingredients, mix them and put them in the jar and you’re done. If you want to dry the mint yourself, instructions can be found in the “notes” section below!
Weigh the sugar and ground cinnamon, mix them well and place them in the jar, insert 2 cinnamon sticks in the center of the sugar, close it and you’re done!
Mint and cinnamon flavored sugar
To decorate the jars, you can use white and red twine as I did. If you want to enrich the jars, you can add a handwritten note explaining how to use them or a greeting phrase! I hope this DIY gift idea is useful to you!
Mint and cinnamon flavored sugar.
Notes
If you want to dry the mint, proceed as follows: gather about 20 mint leaves, wash them, dry them very well by patting them with paper towels, place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper spacing them apart, dry in the oven at 140°F for 1 hour with the door slightly open, after this time, touch them and if they are well dry turn off the oven, take them out and let them cool, once cold crumble them (they crumble just by touching them!) and use them for your preparations!
