cinnamon pickles
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I gave a couple of jars of these to a friend from India. She loved them, but couldn't figure out what they were. The color is distinct and pickling really changes the texture of the cucumber. A very colorful addition to the pickle platter.
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Ingredients For cinnamon pickles
- STEP 1
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7 lbcucumbers, halved, peeled, seeded and sliced into 1/2-inch slices
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1 cpickling lime
- STEP 2
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1vinegar
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1 lgbottle red food coloring
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1 tspalum
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water to cover
- STEP 3
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2 cvinegar
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7 csugar
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8 stickcinnamon
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1 smpackage cinnamon red hots (candy)
How To Make cinnamon pickles
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1Soak prepared cucumbers in lime mixed with 1 gallon of water for 24 hours. Drain and rinse with ice water. Cover and let stand for 3 hours draining on an old sheet.
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2Mix 1 cup vinegar, food coloring, alum and enough water to cover and simmer for 2 hours. Drain and throw away.
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3Mix 2 cups vinegar and 2 cups water, sugar, cinnamon sticks, and red hots. Pour over cucumbers and let stand for 24 hours.
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4Drain and save liquid. Bring liquid to a rolling boil. Pack cucumbers in jars and fill with boiling liquid. Seal jars and process in hot water bath for 15 minutes.
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