Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 gal. cucumbers
2 c. salt
1 box alum
5 c. sugar
1 qt. vinegar
1 box pickling spice

Preparation

Slice cucumbers thin.
Soak cucumbers 3 days in water to cover.
Add 2 cups salt to water for soaking cucumbers.
Drain water and rinse cucumbers.
Mix alum with clear water; add pickles and soak 1 day.
Rinse well.
Make syrup of vinegar, sugar and pickling spices (tied in a bag).
Return cucumbers to syrup and boil 1 hour.
Seal in jars.