Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. salt
1 1/2 Tbsp. alum
1 qt. vinegar
1 qt. sugar
2 Tbsp. pickling spice

Preparation

Slice cucumbers in a gallon glass jar. Add water with salt, enough water to cover pickles. Let stand at room temperature for 7 days; drain and rinse. Add alum with enough water to cover pickles and let stand 24 hours; drain and rinse. Boil vinegar, sugar and pickling spice. Pour over pickles, then add 1 cup sugar each day for the next 3 days. Do not refrigerate. Use right out of the jar.