Cinnamon Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cucumbers, peeled and seeded
1/2 c. pickling lime
1 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. red food coloring
water
2 c. apple cider vinegar
7 c. sugar
1 c. red hots
3 sticks cinnamon

Preparation

Slice cucumbers and place in crock.
Add pickling lime and enough water to cover cucumbers.
Let stand 24 hours.
Drain; rinse and then soak in ice water for 2 hours.
Drain.
Mix 1 cup vinegar, food coloring and enough water to cover cucumbers.
Simmer for 2 hours and then drain.
Make syrup out of 2 cups water, apple cider vinegar, sugar, red hots and cinnamon.
Bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers.
For 3 days, drain off syrup and reheat, then pour back over cucumbers each day.
On day 3, heat cucumbers in syrup and pack in jars and seal.