Cinnamon Ring Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 gallons pails large pickles, green not yellow
2 cups pickling lime juice
3 gallons water
1 gallon apple cider vinegar
1 (8 ounce) bottle red food coloring
1 tablespoon alum
10 -12 cups sugar
4 cups apple cider vinegar
1 (16 ounce) package red-hot candies
8 cinnamon sticks

Preparation

1st day; peel and slice large cucumbers enough to make 2 gallons.
put 2 cups lime juice with 2 gallons water let stand overnight.in a crock or plastic pail.
2nd day; drain cucumbers and wash well. soak in cold water 2 hours, set aside.
mix; 1 cup dark vinegar ,1 small bottle red food color, 1 tbls alum with 3 qts water,pour over cucumbers simmer 2 hrs on stove.drain and throw liquid away.
syrup:
4 cups water.
10-12 cups sugar.
4 cups dark vinegar.
1 pkg cinnamon red hot candies.
8 cinnamon sticks.
bring to a boil, pour over cucumbers in crock or pail.
3rd day:drain, reboil syrup, repour over cucumbers, (take out cinnamon sticks when boiling.
4th day ; same as third.
5th day ; drain and place cucumbers in 12 pint sized jars, heat up syrup ,pour over cucumbers, seal in hot water bath 10 minutes, you could half the recipe for 6 jars.