Can cinnamon sticks be dried and reused?

**greekislandgirl** · 01-17-2012, 03:37 AM

Last night I made sweetpotato soup which called for 1 cinnamon stick. I forgot to put it in until about 10 mins before it was done, so it was just cooking for 10 mins and then I took it out, rinsed it off, and put it aside to dry, because I figured someone on FV would know

I can believe it might have lost some of its strength, but do I really need to throw it away?

**go3817** · 01-17-2012, 04:21 AM

I used to make tea out of cinnamon sticks, and I was reusing a stick a few times. The most I used one was 3-4 times, and the tea still came out fine. I imagine it would be the same if you used it in soup.

**mamamia** · 01-17-2012, 09:33 AM

Absolutely! Even though after you've used the sticks a few times, the strength does weaken, you can take a mini grater to them. This wil "re-strengthen" the flavor, and you can use it for again for your other cinnamon recipes.

HTHs

Theresa