Cinnamon Extract/Cinnamon Nutmeg Extract

1. Break two cinnamon sticks in half and put them in the jar or glass. A small glass is all you need about 8 ounces. You can even do this in a baby food jar.
   
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   Pour the rum over the cinnamon sticks. Give the glass a little shake. If your glass doesn't have a lid you can cover it with plastic wrap and swirl the glass instead of shaking it.
   
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   Put the glass in a safe place it doesn't have to be refrigerated. I leave mine on the counter top in my kitchen so i can give it a swirl everyday. Wait at least a week, but two weeks is better. Shake or swirl it every now and then to let the rum pull out the flavors. The longer you wait the stronger your extract will be. I like to leave the cinnamon sticks in the extract so it can just keep getting stronger but some people like to take the sticks out when they feel it's ready.
   The stronger your extract is the less you will have to add to get the flavor and that means you don't have to add so much alcohol if you don't want to.
   
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   For a variation, grind two or three whole nutmegs in your food processor or electric coffee grinder and throw them into the cinammon extract.  This is cinammon-nutmeg extract.