Pickled Beets

 This was my mom's recipe for beet pickles.  She made them almost every summer when the beets were ripe.  When I grow beets this is a go to recipe.  

Beet Pickles

Ingredients:

• Beets, enough to fill 6 pint jars
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups vinegar (cider or white)
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 T. whole allspice
• 4 or 5 whole cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks

Directions:

1. Cook whole small beets until tender.  Peel and slice or leave whole if small.  
2. Bring the rest of the ingredients (syrup) to a boil. Put sliced beets in the syrup and simmer for 15 minutes. 
3. But in to hot jars, beets and liquid.
4. Seal. (With hot jars, hot liquid and hot lids, the jars should seal.)