Sweet Pickle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. large cucumbers
2 Tbsp. salt
2 tsp. powdered alum
1 or 2 Tbsp. pickling spice
white vinegar
5 1/2 c. sugar

Preparation

Pack large cucumbers in a
gallon
jar;
add salt, alum and spice.
Fill jar with vinegar.
Put lid on and let set for 6 weeks.
Drain.
Slice cucumbers
thin.
Place
a
layer
of sugar and a layer of cucumbers.
Let set several hours.
Makes its own syrup.
It's okay to seal or not seal.