Apple Rings

• 10 or 12 large cucumbers, peeled and cut in rings about 1/4-inch thick
• 1 c. pickling lime
• 1 c. vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. alum
• 1 small bottle red food color
• 2 c. vinegar
• 10 c. sugar
• 8 broken sticks cinnamon
• 6 oz. red hot candies
• water

1. Soak cucumbers in solution of
2. 1 cup pickling lime to 1 gallon of water for 24
3. hours.
4. Rinse
5. and soak in clear water for 3 hours;
6. drain and rinse again.
7. Simmer rings in solution of 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup water, alum and red food color; do not boil.
8. Drain and cover with syrup mixture of 2 cups vinegar, 2 cups water, sugar, cinnamon and red hot candies; bring to boil until red hots melt.
9. Drain
10. rings
11. and
12. cover with syrup mixture, boiling hot. Pack rings in jar and seal.

cucumbers, pickling lime, vinegar, alum, red food, vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, red hot candies, water

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=655775 (may not work)