Christmas Crisps - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (32 oz.) jar whole sour pickles
2 3/4 c. granulated sugar
6 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1/2 c. plus 1 tsp. Tabasco sauce

Preparation

Drain juice from pickles; slice or cut into chunks.
Rinse original jar and dry.
Layer sugar, pickles, garlic and Tabasco in jar.
Cap and let jar sit until sugar dissolves, about 15 minutes. Turn a couple of times to help sugar liquefy.
Refrigerate for 3 days before serving.
Makes 1 quart of Christmas green-colored pickles.