Krispy Sweets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 Tbsp. canning salt
2 Tbsp. alum
1 1/2 Tbsp. mixed pickling spices
4 c. cold vinegar
6 c. sugar
whole small or medium cucumbers

Preparation

Pack whole small or medium cucumbers into a gallon jar with lid.
Add salt, alum and spices.
Add 4 cups cold vinegar and as much water as needed to fill jar.
Seal jar and let stand for 8 weeks.
Drain and wash jar (not pickles).
Cut cucumbers into thick slices and put back in a jar.
Add 6 cups sugar (no liquid).
Shake and roll jar several times a day until sugar becomes syrup.
Will keep months in fridge.