Sweet Cucumber Pickles

Ingredients

• 16 lb whole cucumbers small
• 1 12 gal red cider vinegar
• 1 box mixed pickling spices 125 oz
• 15 lb sugar
• 12 box alum 225 oz
• 2 boxes plain salt not iodized

Directions

1. Mix the plain salt with enough water to cover cucumbers
2. Put a weight on cucumbers to keep under water Stir every day for 15 days Remove wash and slice Soak overnight in alum water to cover Rinse 3 times
3. Cover with vinegar
4. Let set overnight Remove cucumbers and throw away the vinegar
5. Layer cucumbers sugar and spices in crock
6. Cover In a few days enough syrup will be made to cover pickles
7. Put in jars Do not have to be sealed