Cassia Bud Sweet Pickles

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 quarts pickling cucumbers
• 7 1/3 cups vinegar
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 6 cups sugar
• 2 1/4 teaspoons celery seeds
• 2 1/4 teaspoons cassia, seed (cinnamon buds)

Recipe

• 1 cut unpeeled medium cucumbers into 1/4 inch slices.
• 2 simmer cucumber slices with 4 cups vinegar, salt, mustard seed and 1/4 cup sugar.
• 3 cover until partially tender, about 10 minutes.
• 4 drain and discard liquid.
• 5 place cucumber slices in hot sterilized jars.
• 6 boil together remaining 3 1/2 cups vinegar, 5 3/4 cups sugar, celery seed and cassia seed.
• 7 boil until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
• 8 pour immediately over cucumbers.
• 9 seal immediately.
• 10 i process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes.