Pickled Beets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. small beets or beet chunks
1/2 to 2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. pickling salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 1/2 c. cider vinegar
1 1/2 c. water

Preparation

Prepare Beets:
Pull beets.
Cut off tops, leaving a 2-inch stub (color will come out of beet through cut edge; don't break off root for same reason).
Soak beets in water and scrub off dirt. Boil in large pan until beets are cooked through. Rinse in cold water.
Peel skin off beets and cut into chunks, if large. Pack beets into clean pint canning jars.