Pickled Beets

Name: Pickled Beets
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 7 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 cups sugar (12 tsp. sweetener=1 cup); 4 cups water; 4 cups white vinegar; 2 tablespoons cinnamon; 2 teaspoons allspice; 1 lemon, cut up in small pieces rind and all

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Recipe by NoraMarie

My sister-in-law gave me this recipe a long time ago. It's my favorite. I cook a big pot of beets and then can them. My brother had to eat sugar free, so its posted both ways.

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READY IN: 1hr 15mins

SERVES: 7

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

4

cups sugar (12 tsp. sweetener=1 cup)
4

cups water
4

cups white vinegar
2

tablespoons cinnamon
2

teaspoons allspice
1

lemon, cut up in small pieces rind and all

DIRECTIONS

Cook beets and peel.
Chop in bite size pieces.
Put cinnamon, allspice and cut up lemon in a cheesecloth and tie it.
Put in brine and boil for 15 minutes.
Put beets in hot sterilized jars and fill each jar with brine to 1/2 to the top.
Wipe the neck of each jars and put a hot lid on each.
Water bath for 15 minutes.
One batch of brine makes about 10 pints.

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