Sweet Easy Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. chunk cucumbers
1 c. plain salt in enough water to cover pickles in gal. jug
3 Tbsp. alum
2 1/2 lb. sugar
vinegar

Preparation

Let cucumbers set in salt water for 5 days.
Drain and wash. Add alum in water to cover pickles.
Let stand 24 hours.
Drain and wash.
Cover pickles with vinegar.
Let stand 24 hours. Drain.
Put pickles back in jug.
Pour sugar over pickles.
Leave in jug.
Does not have to be sealed.
May add pickling spice, if desired.