Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. jar full 1/4 inch cucumber slices
1 c. coarse salt and cold water
2 Tbsp. alum
cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. pickling spices
9 c. sugar

Preparation

Cover cucumber slices with alum and water for 24 hours; drain. Cover with vinegar and pickling spices for 24 hours.
Drain off vinegar and spice.
Add 3 cups of sugar for 3 days each.
Turn jar upside down and shake occasionally to dissolve sugar.
Pickles may be stored in this jar.
Cover tightly.
There will be almost enough liquid to cover pickles.