Easy Made Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cucumbers (5-inches or so in size)
2 Tbsp. salt
1 1/2 Tbsp. pickling spices
1 rounded tsp. powdered alum
2 c. vinegar

Preparation

Wash cucumbers and pack in a 1/2 gallon jar.
Add the remaining ingredients.
Finish filling jar with cold water and seal jar tight.
Let stand 2 weeks.
They can stand for a year. When ready to use, drain and wash cucumbers and slice or chunk. Cover with 3 or 4 cups sugar.
Let stand until sugar makes a syrup.
Put in jar and keep in icebox.
Very good.