Sweet Pickle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cukes
1 gal. water
2 c. salt
alum
apple cider vinegar
sugar
spice

Preparation

Wash cukes and cut into chunks (1 gallon of chunks).
Boil 1 gallon water with 2 cups salt.
Pour over cucumbers in crock jar or plastic bucket.
Weigh down.
Let set 8 days.
Drain and rinse well.
Cover with 2 ounces of alum per gallon of boiling water. Let set for 24 hours.
Drain and rinse (once).
Cover with apple cider vinegar.
Let set 8 to 24 hours.
Drain.
Layer: pickle, sugar and spice (use 10 pounds of sugar to 4 gallons of pickles). Let stand 2 days (makes its own syrup).
Stir.
Let stand 2 or 3 more days.
Can or leave in crock.