Christmas Pickles

Ingredients

• cucumbers
• 4 c vinegar
• 4 Tbsp alum
• 4 Tbsp salt
• 8 Tbsp pickling spices
• 8 c sugar
• 7 Tbsp water

Directions

1. Wash and pack cucumbers small in gallon jar or container with tight lid
2. Add vinegar alum salt and pickling spices
3. Put all in jar and finish filling jar with water so pickles are covered
4. Shake well and leave in jar until before Christmas Open near Christmas and wash pickles well
5. Slice and put back in clean jar
6. Add sugar and water stir until sugar is all dissolved daily
7. Keep in refrigerator
8. I transfer to small jars after sugar is dissolved
9. I make them up about August or September when pickles are in