Candied Dill Pickles

Ingredients

• 7 lb or 5 12 qt cucumbers
• 4 pt 12 gal white vinegar
• 5 lb sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp mixed spices pickling spices
• 1 pt pickling lime

Directions

1. Dissolve 1 pint of lime in 2 gallons of water
2. Peel seed and cut cucumbers into strips
3. Use large cucumbers even the white ones use the meat only
4. You can fix small ones the same way Pour lime mixture over cucumbers and let stand for 24 hours
5. Drain and rinse cucumbers
6. Fill with ice cold water and let stand for 3 hours
7. Drain
8. Mix vinegar sugar salt and spices together
9. Pour over cucumbers
10. Let stand overnight
11. Put on stove next morning and boil for 35 minutes
12. Put in jars and seal
13. Makes 10 pints