Food Holidays: April 10th, 2022 – The Mommies Reviews

Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: April 10th, 2022. Did you know today is National Cinnamon Cresent Day? As much as I love Cinnamon Rolls, I don’t think I’ve ever had a Cinnamon Cresent Roll but the next time I go to the store I am going to look for one. Would you like to come with me?

National Cinnamon Crescent Day

Interesting Facts about Cinnamon Rolls

True Cinnamon, or Ceylon Cinnamon is Native to Sri Lanka.
Did you know in Ancient Egypt, Cinnamon was used in the embalming process?
Two teaspoons of Cinnamon have about 12 calories.
Cinnamon has many health benefits and Cinnamon has shown promise in the treatment of Diabetes, Arthritis, High Cholesterol, Memory Function, Leukemia and Lymphoma.
In the Middle Ages, Cinnamon was only affordable by the wealthy elite of society. A person’s social rank could be determined by the number of spices they could afford.

Fun Fact:

Cinnamon Rolls are known in Sweden as “kanelbulle.” This word literally means Cinnamon Bun. Other than kanelbulle, Cinnamon Roll and Cinnamon Bun, they are also known as Sticky Rolls or Sticky Buns.

“Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices known. Cinnamon was mentioned in the Bible and was used in ancient Egypt not only as a beverage flavoring and medicine, but also as an embalming agent. Cinamon was so highly treasured that it was considered more precious than gold.”

Philadelphia-style Cinnamon Rolls date back to the 18th Century which contains Honey, Sugar, Cinnamon and Raisins.

Why National Cinnamon Crescent Day?

National Cinnamon Crescent Day shares in the celebration of a delicious Pastry. When preparing Cinnamon Crescent Pastry, the Dough is crescent in shape. Then filled with ingredients including Sugar, Cinnamon, or Butter before the Dough is rolled into a Cresent shape and put in the oven for baking. Once the Cinnamon Cresent is done, the Pastry will be delicious and sweet to taste. Making the Cinnamon Crescent a loved delicacy. For purposes of your own creativity, it is acceptable to add Icing to make the Cresent Cinnamon Roll extra sweet.

The Cinnamon Crescent is amazing when served hot straight from the oven. Some people like the Cinnamon Crescent Roll cooled and in pieces. In its preparation, most people love preparing Crescent Cinnamon Rolls in plenty because one is never enough. The Crescent Roll is much similar to the Croissant, with the only difference being that its surface has a light flaky crust revealing its warmth and Buttery interior.

The secret to making a perfect Cinnamon Roll is making the Dough.

The ingredients used in making the Cinnamon Crescent Roll include the crescent-shaped Dough rolled to into the crescent shape. A quarter cup of softened Butter, a quarter cup of White Sugar, and a half tablespoonful of ground Cinnamon. This Pastry is also celebrated because of the nutritional value of Cinnamon, featuring Fiber, Mn, Fe, and Ca minerals.

Ways you can celebrate National Cinnamon Crescent Day:

Post on Social Media

The first way which you can celebrate National Cinnamon Cresent Day includes posting on Social Media using the handle #NationalCinnamonCrescentDay.

Engage in a National Cinnamon Crescent making competition

You could choose to hold a National Cinnamon Crescent competition with your friends.

Invite friends or colleagues over for Cinnamon Crescent Rolls

You can also choose to have your friends over for Cinnamon Crescent Rolls and share conversations while catching up. Or you could bring Cinnamon Crescent Rolls to work.

Learn a new cinnamon roll recipe

Another way to observe the National Cinnamon Crescent Day is learning a different Cinnamon Crescent recipe and making it for your family. This will promote the tradition will eliminating the element of repetitiveness where you have the same design every February 10^th.

The most interesting facts about National Crescent Day include:

The origin of Cinnamon Rolls is a very popular topic. With the Swedes insisting that Cinnamon Rolls comes from their region from as long as the 1920s.
Cinnamon Roll Day has been celebrated for many years now. The delicacy itself did not really become popular until the 1970s.
A Crescent Cinnamon Roll is typically made with a bit of Ground Cinnamon in the Dough. The shape is what set it apart from other Cinnamon Rolls, including over-the-top sticky-sweet Cinnamon Buns that are normally seen in North America.
The traditional Cinnamon Roll does not have Icing on the top. The Norwegian Cinnamon Rolls have a sprinkle of normal Granulated Sugar on top of the Pastry while the Swedish Cinnamon Rools have the lovely largely granulated Sugar Crystals called Pearl Sugar.

History of National Cinnamon Crescent Day:

The history of National Cinnamon Crescent Day remains a mystery today, no one claiming credits individually or as an organization for this Holiday.