Cajun Sweet Hot Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. whole dill or sour pickles
5 lb. sugar
3 cinnamon sticks per layer, broken
4 or 5 slices garlic per layer
1/2 tsp. red pepper seeds per layer (pizza pepper)

Preparation

Drain juice off pickles and discard.
Slice pickles into thick slices.
Layer pickles, sugar, pepper, cinnamon and garlic in 4 to 6 layers back in jar.
(Use a potato masher to push them down; they will all fit back in.)
Replace lid.
Seal tightly.
Turn upside down and leave 12 hours; turn up and down every 12 hours for 6 days.
Store in refrigerator.
They will make their own juice; don't add any liquid.