Get a Heavy Mortar and Pestle
The heaviness will help you tear through the bark of the cinnamon. Snap the sticks into smaller pieces to get the process started, and from there, take the pestle and turn and press until the cinnamon is ground up and looks like powder.
Thereof, can I grate cinnamon sticks?
Grating the stick puts the scent of cinnamon in the air, creating anticipation and a top note of flavor. Like swirling and sniffing a glass of wine before sipping—your senses are engaged and the fragrance enhances the flavor of the wine when you finally sip.
Furthermore, how do you grind cinnamon sticks without a grinder?
You can use either a Mortar and a pestle, Microplane grater, or Peppermill as an alternative to grinding spices when you don’t have a spice grinder at the moment.
Is cinnamon powder the same as cinnamon sticks?
Ground cinnamon is made from cinnamon sticks that are broken down until they form powder. Both versions of the versatile spice have the same flavor, so it sometimes works to substitute ground cinnamon for cinnamon sticks.
What do you use to grate cinnamon?
The best way to grind spices is with a electric grinder (coffee grinder), even with that, grinding harder spices like cinnamon is difficult.