Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 gal. cucumbers
1 pt. salt
2 Tbsp. powdered alum
1/2 gal. vinegar
1/2 gal. sugar
pickling spice

Preparation

Dissolve salt in 1 gallon boiling water and pour over cukes. Let stand 5 to 7 days.
Rinse.
Dissolve 2 tablespoons alum in 1 gallon boiling water.
Let stand 24 hours.
Rinse and split cukes (no matter how small); repeat 2 tablespoons alum in 1 gallon boiling water and let stand 24 hours.
Rinse thoroughly.
Prepare equal parts sugar and vinegar; bring to a boil.
Pour over cukes. Let stand 24 hours.
Pour off and add equal parts of sugar to vinegar solution.
Bring to a boil and pour over cukes that have been packed in jars.
Seal.