Red Cucumber Pickles

• 2 gal. ripe, peeled and cored cucumbers
• 2 c. lime
• 2 1/2 gal. water
• 1 c. vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. alum
• 1 oz. bottle red food coloring
• 3 c. vinegar
• 12 c. sugar
• 20 to 30 oz. red hots
• 3 c. water
• 12 cinnamon sticks

1. Soak cucumbers 24 hours in lime and 2 1/2 gallons water.
2. Wash real well and soak 3 hours in cold water.
3. Mix 1 cup vinegar, alum and red food coloring.
4. Add enough water to the cucumbers to cover well and simmer 2 hours.
5. Drain well.
6. Mix 3 cups vinegar, sugar, red hots, 3 cups water and cinnamon sticks.
7. Heat until candy and sugar dissolve.
8. Stir often so candy will not stick to pan.
9. Bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers.
10. Pour off liquid each morning for 3 mornings.
11. Bring to boil and pour liquid back over cucumbers. The 4th morning, put pan on stove and bring all of it to a boil and put in jars.

cucumbers, lime, water, vinegar, alum, bottle red food coloring, vinegar, sugar, red hots, water, cinnamon

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=34252 (may not work)