Cinnamon Pickles
- 2 gallons cucumbers rings
- 8 1/2 quarts water
- 2 cups limes pickling
- 2 cups vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 10 cups sugar
- 8 sticks cinnamon
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 x food coloring red
- 1 tablespoon alum
- 1 x water to cover
- Peel, slice and seed cucumbers.
- I use a melon ball scoop to remove the seed.
- The cucumber is now in a form of a ring.
- Place cucumbers in the 8 1/2 quarts water and the pickling lime.
- Soak 24 hours.
- Drain and wash in clear water.
- Soak 3 hours in cold water.
- Drain.
- Simmer 2 hours in brine of vinegar, red food coloring water and alum.
- Drain again.
- Heat syrup and por hot syrup over rings.
- Let stand overnight.
- Drain syrup from rings and reheat syrup again and pour over rings again.
- Do this 3 times (3 days).
- Heat the 4th time with cucumber rings and syrup and seal in jars.
cucumbers rings, water, pickling, vinegar, water, sugar, cinnamon, vinegar, coloring red, alum, water
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/cinnamon-pickles-32816 (may not work)