Cassia Bud Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 quarts pickling cucumbers
7 1/3 cups vinegar
3 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
6 cups sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons celery seeds
2 1/4 teaspoons cassia, seed (cinnamon buds)

Preparation

Cut unpeeled medium cucumbers into 1/4 inch slices.
Simmer cucumber slices with 4 cups vinegar, salt, mustard seed and 1/4 cup sugar.
Cover until partially tender, about 10 minutes.
Drain and discard liquid.
Place cucumber slices in hot sterilized jars.
Boil together remaining 3 1/2 cups vinegar, 5 3/4 cups sugar, celery seed and cassia seed.
Boil until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
Pour immediately over cucumbers.
Seal immediately.
I process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes.