Cinnamon Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers
1 c. pickling lime
1 gal. water
1 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. alum
1 bottle red food color
2 c. vinegar
2 c. water
5 lb. sugar
4 cinnamon sticks
6 oz. cinnamon drops

Preparation

Peel and seed cucumbers, cut in short, narrow strips.
Weigh cucumbers.
You need 7 pounds after they are peeled and cut up. Soak in pickling lime and 1 gallon water for 24 hours.
Drain and rinse three times.
Cover with ice for 3 hours, drain.
Bring to boil 2 cups vinegar, 2 cups water, sugar, cinnamon sticks and red cinnamon drops.
Pour over drained cucumbers.
Let stand another 24 hours.
Pour off syrup and bring to a boil.
Pack pickles into pint jars.
Pour boiling syrup over pickles in jar and seal.
Yields 12 to 14 pints.