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Cinnamon Cucumber Rings Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 gal. cucumbers, sliced (best to use overripe cucumbers that have gotten large and yellowed at the end of the season)
2 c. pickling lime (calcium hydroxide)
1 Tbsp. alum
1 oz. red food coloring
3 c. apple cider vinegar
8 cinnamon sticks
14 1⁄2 c. sugar
1 c. red-hot candies
Directions:
Directions:
Peel cucumbers and slice about 1/4"-1/2" thick. Remove the seeds by cutting a circle out of the middle. They will be donut shaped.

Soak in 8 1/2 qts. of water and 2 c. of pickling lime for 24 hours.

Wash and drain slices very well. Cover with cold water and soak for 3 hours.

Place cukes, alum, food coloring, 1 c. vinegar, and enough water to cover the cukes in a large pot. Simmer for 2 hours. Drain and throw away solution.

Melt red hots in 2 c. water. Mix red hot solution, 2 c. vinegar 8 cinnamon sticks, and sugar and heat until hot; bring to a near boil. Pour mixture over cucumbers. Let sit until next day.

For 2 mornings, remove cucumbers and heat solution. DO NOT THROW AWAY SOLUTION. Pour hot solution back over cucumbers. Sit until next morning.

On third morning, heat solution with cucumbers included. Do not boil! Place cucumbers in jars while hot and seal!

Refrigerate after jars reach room temperature. Serve cold.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
These are the best! These are incredible (and addictive). Sweet and crunchy. So worth the time and effort! Great to put out at Christmas - the red adds a splash of color and people will not even be able to guess they started out as cucumbers.

 

 

 

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