Kosher Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

raw cucumbers (length of qt. jar)
fresh dill
garlic cloves
red hot peppers
alum
grape leaf or bay leaf
1 c. canning salt
3 qt. water
1 qt. cider vinegar

Preparation

Wash cucumbers; let stand overnight in cold water.
Put whole cucumbers in clean jars.
Add 2 heads dill, 1 clove garlic, 1/8 teaspoon alum, 1 hot pepper and 1 grape or bay leaf to each jar. Heat salt, water and vinegar to boiling.
Pour into filled jars and seal.