Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

75 burpless cucumbers 6-inches long
1 pt. plain salt
3 tsp. alum
5 pt. vinegar
6 c. sugar
1 pkg. pickling spice

Preparation

Place cucumbers
in
stone
or\tglass
jar.
Cover with boiling water.
Let
stand\t24
hours.
Drain
off water.
Cut cucumbers in
desired pieces.
Add alum and cover with boiling water.
Let
stand 24 hours.
Rinse in clear water; drain off. Boil vinegar, sugar (6 cups) and spices tied up in cheesecloth and pour
over\tcucumbers.
Boil
3
mornings, adding 1 cup of sugar each
morning,
then
boil 3 mornings without adding any sugar. Last, can in sterilized jars and lids.
Seal.