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Cinnamon Pickle Rings

August 1, 2018 By Shannah Coe 5 Comments

Cinnamon pickle rings are a southern favorite! With a spicy sweet taste, they are the perfect addition to your pickling plans this summer while the cucumbers are fresh.

When you live in the south, it seems you pickle all the things. Then, you find new ways to pickle the same things. These cinnamon pickle rings are a family favorite of ours and a recipe passed down through generations.

Cinnamon Pickle Rings

While I’ve been a part of a lot of pickling in my time, this was the first year that I pickled anything (besides a quick pickle salad) on my own. It definitely gave me a new appreciation for my moms hard work all those years.

Traditional pickling uses a mixture of vinegar, pickling spices and sometimes sugar. For these, you replace the pickling spices with cinnamon sticks and red hots to give them a spicy, sweet taste.

Cinnamon Pickle Rings

You can seal these in sterile jars using traditional canning methods. Or, put them in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. My recipe makes a smaller amount than the original so I find the refrigerator method to work just fine.

Cinnamon Pickle Rings

Definitely try to make these when cucumbers are on the larger size for the season. It will make cutting the rings a whole lot easier than with a smaller cucumber.

Cinnamon Pickle Rings

My mom’s recipe takes a total of three days. But, I’m a total slacker so I condensed it down to one and a half days. I don’t think the taste was affected but she wasn’t impressed that I changed her recipe.

Cinnamon Pickle Rings

Cinnamon Pickle Rings

If you like these cinnamon pickle rings, be sure to try these other great pickle recipes:

  • Spicy Beer Battered Pickles
  • Quick Pickled Vegetables
  • Quick Pickled Red Onion

Essential Items to Make this Recipe:

  • Large Stockpot
  • Red Hot Candies
  • Melon Baller
  • Vegetable Peeler
  • Strainer

If you make these cinnamon pickle rings or any other recipe from the blog, I’d love to hear about your experience. Let me know in the comments or snap a photo and tag it #MySuburbanKitchen  on Instagram or Twitter.

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Cinnamon Pickle Rings
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 15 mins
 
Servings: 12 people
Author: Shannah Coe
Ingredients
Part 1
  • 3-4 cucumbers
  • 1/2 cup pickling lime
  • 2 1/8 gallons water
Part 2
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 1/4 Tbsp alum
  • 1/2 bottle red food coloring optional
Part 3
  • 1/2 cup vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 1/2 cup red hots
Instructions
Part 1
  1. Peel and slice cucumbers 1/2" thick. Create ring by cutting out middle with melon baller. You will need 1/2 gallon of rings.

  2. In a large pot, combine 1/2 cup pickling lime with 2 1/8 gallons water. Stir until fully combined. Add cucumbers and soat for 24 hours. Drain and rinse well. Return cucumber rings to pot.

Part 2
  1. Combine 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/4 Tbsp alum and red food coloring, if using. Add to pot with cucumber rings. Then, add enough water to cover the cucumbers. Bring to boil and then simmer for 2 hours. Drain and discard liquid.

Part 3
  1. In a large pot, heat 1/2 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup water, 3 cups sugar, 3 cinnamon sticks and 1/2 cup red hots, stirring until sugar is fully dissolved. Turn off heat and add cucumber rings. Cover and let sit 2 hours.

  2. Transfer cucumber rings to jars. Add liquid about half full. Store in refrigerator or follow directions for preserving in jars.

Recipe Notes

1) I did not use food coloring in my recipe. It is optional.
2) The original recipe calls for letting the pickles soak in the final liquid overnight. Then, reheating the liquid and soaking again for another night. On the final morning, the liquid and cucumbers are reheated and then preserved in sterile jars.

 

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Comments

  1. Sheila says

    August 6, 2018 at 1:13 am

    Oh! I would love to try this. This looks really nice and interesting. Thank you for sharing this brilliant idea. Can’t wait to start making my own cinnamon pickle rings.

    Reply
  2. Adrienne says

    July 11, 2020 at 2:54 pm

    I’d like to try these and would like to can them. What are the instructions for canning? How long and what size jar?

    Reply
    • Shannah Coe says

      July 15, 2020 at 1:07 pm

      Hi – Unfortuantely, I don’t have any experiencing with canning these. Here is a great article I found for canning. I usually store mine in pint or quart sized jars but you can choose whichever you prefer.

      Reply
  3. Darcey says

    March 20, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    5 stars
    This is just like a recipe that my maternal grandmother made, I can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
  4. Leonard Adams says

    June 20, 2021 at 3:32 pm

    I started making the pickles and looking at making the sauce from the cinnamon and doesn’t look like enough water to cover the slices and fill the jars 1/2 full

    Reply

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