Cinnamon Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 to 13 pickling cucumbers
2 c. pickling lime
3 c. cider vinegar
1 (1 oz.) bottle red food coloring
1 Tbsp. alum
5 c. sugar
8 cinnamon sticks
9 oz. red hots candy

Preparation

Peel cucumbers. Cut into rings. Remove seeds. Soak 24 hours in 2 cups pickling lime and 8 1/2 quarts water. Drain cucumber rings and wash off lime water. Pour cold water over them and let stand 3 hours. Drain. Simmer 2 hours in 1 cup of vinegar, food coloring and alum, with enough water to cover them. Drain.