Beet And Onion Pickles

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 8 cups cooked beets
• 3 cups sliced yellow onions
• 2 1/2 cups cider vinegar
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon whole allspice
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• 3 sticks broken cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 note-when peparing beets for canning leave 2 inches of beet stem. cut into uniform chunks.
• 2 in a large stainless steel or enamel pot combine the onions, vinegar, sugar, water, mustard seeds, salt, allspice, cloves and cinnamon sticks.
• 3 bring to a boil.
• 4 gently boil for 5 minutes.
• 5 add beets and return to a full boil.
• 6 remove cinnamon sticks.
• 7 pack beets in hot sterile jars leaving 3/4 inch headspace.
• 8 add boiling liquid, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
• 9 remove air bubbles.
• 10 wipe rims and adjust two piece caps.
• 11 process in a boiling water bath canner for 30 minutes.