Pickled Beets

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

Ingredients

• 4 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups vinegar
• garden-fresh beet, washed

Recipe

• 1 boil beets in enough fresh water to cover, until tender.
• 2 allow beets to cool enough to handle, then remove skins (they should slip right off).
• 3 if beets are small, leave whole, otherwise quarter or half as desired.
• 4 place beets in clean pint jars.
• 5 boil brine ingredients and pour over beets in pint jars to within 1/2 inch of rim.
• 6 wipe rims to remove any spills.
• 7 add lids and rings.
• 8 process 10 minutes in a hot water canner.
• 9 if any jars do not seal when checked after 24 hours, put in refrigerator and use.
• 10 you may also re-process these.