Christmas Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cucumbers
4 c. vinegar
4 Tbsp. alum
4 Tbsp. salt
4 Tbsp. pickling spice

Preparation

Wash cucumbers and put into glass gallon jar.
Combine all other ingredients and pour solution over cucumbers.
Sit in a cool place for a week.
Wash cucumbers and slice putting back into jar with 6 cups of sugar and 2 tablespoons water.
Put in refrigerator.
May eat after 2 weeks.