Red Cinnamon Pickles Recipe

Ingredients

7 pounds peeled seeded cucumbers
1 cup lime
1 gallon water
1 cup vinegar
1 bottle red food coloring
1 tbsp alum
Enough water to cover pickles
3 cups vinegar
2 cups water
10 cups sugar
2 to 3 large packages of red hot cinnamon candie
8 sticks cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Soak cucumbers lime and 1 gallon water for 24 hours
Wash cucumbers
Soak in ice water for 3 hours
mix 1 cup vinegar, food coloring, alum and enough water to cover pickles
simmer in this mixture for 2 hours

Pour off liquid and throw away.

Boil 3 cups vinegar 2 cups water, the sugar, candies cinnamon. Pour over cucumbers. Let stand 24 hours
Drain liquid and bring to a boil. Put cucumbers in jars with 1 to 2 cinnamon sticks in each jar. Pour hot liquid over jars and seal
Do not use red hots that list cornstarch as the ingredients. They will not work for this recipe.