Midget Sweet Pickles
- 2 gallons cucumbers washed
- 2 cups salt
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 5 pints vinegar
- 1 x sugar
- 1/2 ounce celery seeds
- 1 ounce cinnamon sticks
- Put cucumbers into clean stone jar.
- Dissolve sat in 1 gallon boiling water; pour while very hot over cucumbers.
- Cover and weigh down, being sure cucumbers are covered.
- Let stand 8 days.
- On 9th day, drain and pour 1 gallon boiling water mixed with alum over.
- On the 10th day, drain again and add 1 gallon boiling water.
- On the 11th day, combine vinegar, 6 cups sugar, celery seed and cinnamon sticks; pour boiling hot over drained pickles.
- For the next 3 days, drain off and reheat the vinegar mixture, add 1 cup sugar each morning.
- With the 3rd heating, pack into jars that have been sterilized.
- Pour boiling liquid over pickles and seal at once.
cucumbers washed, salt, baking soda, pints vinegar, sugar, celery seeds, cinnamon sticks
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/midget-sweet-pickles-4860 (may not work)