Cinnamon Ring Pickles Recipes

Steps:

• Day 1:.
• Combine cucumbers, pickling lime, and 8 1/2 quarts of water in a large, non-aluminium pot. Let soak for 24 hours.
• Day 2:.
• Remove pickles from lime water. Rinse 3-4 times until water runs clear. Put pickles in ice water and soak 3 hours. Drain. Combine vinegar, food coloring, and alum and simmer in a large pot. Add pickles and enough water to cover. Simmer for 2 hours. Do not boil. Drain pickles and discard mixture. Combine remaining ingredients less one cup sugar and bring to a boil. Pour over pickles. Let stand 24 hours.
• Day 3:.
• Drain mixture, but do not discard. Add remaining cup of sugar and bring to a boil. Pout over pickles. Let stand 24 hours.
• Day 4:
• Drain mixture, but do not discard. Bring to a boil. Pack pickles in jars. Pour mixture over pickles and seal jars.

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• 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 quarts of water and 2 cups 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 cup 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 cups 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.

Steps:

• Put cucumber spears in a large container. Stir pickling lime into 1 gallon water in a large pitcher until the lime is dissolved; pour over the cucumbers. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
• Drain cucumbers and rinse well; return to large container. Pour enough cold water over the drained cucumbers to cover. Soak at least 3 hours; drain. Transfer cucumbers to a large pot.
• Stir 1 1/4 cup vinegar and 1 1/4 cup water together in a bowl; add cinnamon red hot candies. Set aside to soak, stirring occasionally.
• Stir 1/2 cup vinegar, red food coloring, and alum together in a bowl until alum is dissolved; pour over the cucumbers. Put a lid on the pot, place the pot over medium heat, and bring the water to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2 hours; drain and return cucumbers to the pot.
• Pour cinnamon candy mixture into a saucepan; add sugar and cinnamon sticks. Bring the mixture to a boil; cook and stir until the candies and sugar are dissolved completely into a syrupy liquid. Pour the liquid over the drained cucumbers. Refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Drain liquid from the cucumbers into a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil and pour again over the cucumbers. Refrigerate 24 hours.
• Drain liquid again from the cucumbers into a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil and pour again over the cucumbers. Refrigerate another 24 hours.
• Heat cucumbers and syrup to a boil.
• Sterilize the jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes. Pack cucumbers into the hot, sterilized jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a knife or a thin spatula around the insides of the jars after they have been filled to remove any air bubbles. Wipe the rims of the jars with a moist paper towel to remove any food residue. Top with lids and screw on rings. Refrigerate until chilled before serving.

Steps:

• Prepare the cucumbers: peel, removed ends, core, and cut into rings or sticks.
• Combine water and lime.
• Soak prepared cucumbers in lime-water for 24 hours.
• Drain and wash 3 times in cold water.
• Cover with cold water and let sit for 3 hours.
• Combine alum, vinegar, 2 cups water, food coloring, sugar, cinnamon and red hots to make a syrup.
• Add drained cucumbers and simmer, covered, for 2 hours.
• Let stand overnight.
• Drain off syrup, reheat and pour over pickles daily for 3 days.
• Pack in hot jars and seal.

Steps:

• Select large overripe cucumbers.
• Peel, core, slice 1/3 inch thick and core out all seeds, leaving the cucumber in a ring.
• Soak in lime and 1 gallon water for 24 hours.
• Wash.
• Soak, covered with ice water for 3 hours.
• Mix 2 cup vinegar, food coloring, 1 tablespoon alum and enough water to cover.
• Pour over cucumbers and simmer for 2 hours.
• Pour off liquid.
• Bring to a boil 2 cups vinegar, 2 cups water, 12 cups sugar, cinnamon sticks and red hots.
• Pour over cucumbers and let stand for 24 hours.
• Pour syrup back into a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Put cucumbers in jars and pour hot syrup over cucumbers.
• Place 1 of the cinnamon sticks from the mixture in each jar.
• Process for 10 minutes in water bath for pints and 15 mintes for quarts.