Pantry Sweet Pickles

Ingredients

• 16 lb 6 to 7-inch cucumbers
• pickling salt
• pickling spices as desired
• 1 box alum
• 1 gal apple cider vinegar
• 10 lb sugar

Directions

1. Wash
2. cucumbers
3. and
4. put
5. in a 4 or 5 gallon
6. crock or granite
7. pan
8. make
9. a
10. strong
11. solution of salt water strong enough
12. tofloat
13. an egg takes about 1 cup salt per gallon Make
14. enough
15. to cover cucumbers
16. Place large plate over them and keep well
17. coveredfor 14 days stir several times during the
18. 14 days
19. Take
20. out of brine
21. Wash and slice and cover with
22. alum water
23. overnight
24. 1
25. box alum and enough water to coverTake out and rinse then soak 6 hours in apple cider vinegar
26. Drain Put
27. a
28. layer of cucumbers a layer of sugar until all is used The sugar makes the syrup which will cover the cucumbers