Pickled Eggs And Red Beets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. young beets
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/3 c. vinegar
1/2 c. cold water
1/2 tsp. salt
small pieces stick cinnamon (I use 1/2 tsp.)
3 or 4 whole cloves
6 hard-boiled eggs

Preparation

Wash beets; cut off leaves and stems, leaving about 1 inch of the root end.
Cook until tender; drain and skin.
Boil remaining ingredients together (except the eggs) for 10 minutes.
Let beets stand in this liquid several days.
Add whole cooked eggs to the liquid and refrigerate 2 days.