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Learn how to make cinnamon sugar for all your favorite recipes with the best cinnamon sugar ratio. Make in minutes for toast, cookies, and more.

Jar filled with cinnamon sugar, apple and sliced bread in the background.

It’s as simple as mixing sugar and ground cinnamon in the right ratio. Once you have it, you’ll find endless uses for this pantry favorite.

Homemade Cinnamon Sugar is the one spice mix you’ll want to keep in your pantry all year, but especially during baking season. With the perfect cinnamon sugar ratio (just the right balance of sweet and spice), you’ll have an 8 oz mason jar ready to sprinkle or measure out by the teaspoon or tablespoon!

This mix is my go-to for cinnamon sugar toast in the mornings, but it also makes a sweet topping for sweet breads like our apple cinnamon bread, soft pretzels, and it’s perfect for all of your baking recipes that call for cinnamon sugar.

Glass jar of cinnamon sugar with a gold spoon, apple, and sliced bread in the background.

Quick Bites About This Recipe

Flavor: Classic cinnamon warmth with sweetness from sugar
Skill Level: Beginner-friendly, just mix and store.
Swaps: Try brown sugar for a deeper flavor or coconut sugar for a caramel note.
Make Ahead: Lasts several weeks in an airtight mason jar.
Variations & Substitutions: Use on pretzels, swirl into sourdough bread, or sprinkle on raw sugar cookie dough before baking for easy cinnamon sugar cookies.

Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Ingredients

Granulated sugar: Sweet and the base of the mix. Cane sugar works too, but white sugar gives the most classic taste.
Ground cinnamon: Warm spice and the star of the show. I like Ceylon cinnamon best!

Spoonful of cinnamon sugar held over a jar with apple and bread behind it.

How to Make Homemade Cinnamon Sugar

Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl until fully combined. That’s it!

Funnel into an 8 oz mason jar (1 cup capacity) and store sealed until ready to use.

This cinnamon sugar recipe makes enough to get you through plenty of baking – from cinnamon sugar toast to rolling cookies or dusting muffins.

Spoonful of cinnamon sugar being held over a jar with apple and bread behind it.

Recipe Tips and Notes

This recipe uses a 1:4 ratio (1 part cinnamon to 4 parts sugar), which gives a strong, bakery-style flavor. For a lighter flavor, use 1:6 (1 part cinnamon to 6 parts sugar). For a very mild blend, go 1:8. Adjust to your needs and taste.
Try swapping in brown sugar for a brown sugar cinnamon syrup vibe when stirred into drinks.
Make extra and gift in mason jars during the holidays.