Sweet Pickles(9 Day Method)

• 1/2 bushel medium washed cucumbers
• 2 gal. water
• 5 lb. sugar
• 1 gal. vinegar
• 2 1/2 lb. pickling salt
• 2 (2.25 oz.) pkg. powdered alum
• 1 box pickling spices

1. Mix salt and water to make a brine thick enough to float an egg.
2. Soak cucumbers in water 3 days.
3. Be sure all cucumbers are covered.
4. Remove from salt water and soak overnight in clear water.
5. Take from clear water and put into alum water (made by mixing 2 boxes alum with 2 gallons of water).
6. Leave 2 days. Remove cucumbers and slice.
7. Pour vinegar over and add 2 pounds of sugar and pickling spice in cloth bag.
8. Heat but do not boil; let set overnite.
9. Next day, add 1 1/2 pounds of sugar; heat again. On the 3rd day, add 1 1/2 pounds sugar.
10. Heat and remove spice bag.
11. Pack pickles into jars and cover with hot vinegar liquid. Seal jars.
12. Makes about 8 quarts.

medium washed cucumbers, water, sugar, vinegar, pickling salt, powdered alum, pickling spices

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=847260 (may not work)