Mama Bear's Recipes

PUMPKIN PICKLES

Ingredients:

6 cups prepared pumpkin
2 cups vinegar
2 cups sugar
2 sticks whole cinnamon

Directions:

Peel and cube flesh of pumpkin (discard seeds and inner pulp). Steam pumpkin until tender, being sure water does not touch it. Drain.

Combine sugar, vinegar & cinnamon and simmer for 15 minutes. Add pumpkin and simmer 3 more minutes. Remove cinnamon and pack boiling hot in pot pint jars., leaving 1/2" of headroom. Adjust lids. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Makes three pints of sweet pickles.

Provided by: Coop Extension Service