Lazy Woman'S Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. medium-size cucumbers
2 to 3 Tbsp. alum
2 to 3 Tbsp. pickling salt
2 Tbsp. pickling spices

Preparation

Pack whole cucumbers into gallon jar.
Add alum, pickling salt and pickling spices.
Cover with apple cider vinegar.
Place lid on jar.
Let stand in a cool, dark place for 3 months (do not refrigerate).
Take cucumbers out and slice.
Sprinkle 6 to 8 cups sugar over cucumbers.
Let stand until sugar melts.
Pack into jars; cover with the syrup and seal.
Do not heat.