Cinnamon Red Hot Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers, peeled and sliced in 1/4-inch rings
1 c. lime
1 c. vinegar
1 bottle red food coloring
1 Tbsp. alum
2 c. vinegar
10 c. sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
1 pkg. red hots

Preparation

Peel, seed and slice cucumbers.
Soak in lime and 1 gallon water for 24 hours.
Wash; soak covered with ice water for 3 hours.
Mix 1 cup vinegar, red food coloring, alum and water to cover.
Pour over cucumbers and simmer 2 hours; pour off water. Bring 2 cups vinegar, 2 cups water, sugar, cinnamon sticks and red hots to boil.
Pour over cucumbers and let stand 24 hours; pour off and boil.
Pour over cucumbers in jars and seal.
These cucumbers taste like cinnamon apple rings.