Elsie'S Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cucumbers
salt
alum (size of walnut)
diluted vinegar
6 c. sugar
1 oz. celery seed
1 qt. vinegar
1 oz. stick cinnamon
1 oz. whole allspice

Preparation

Split or cut in rings all pickles. Soak in brine made of 1 pint salt to 1 gallon water for 3 days. Drain and soak in fresh water for 3 days, changing to fresh water each day.
Put in 1 gallon water, 1/2 cup vinegar and alum solution; simmer until hot through, 15 to 20 minutes; drain. Place pickles in jars. Boil vinegar and spices for 3 minutes.
Pour over pickles and seal. Will be ready to use in 10 days.