Penny Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. pickles, sliced or chunked
1 c. salt
water
3 Tbsp. alum
2 Tbsp. ginger
1 qt. vinegar
1/2 tsp. whole cloves
3 lb. sugar
2 tsp. celery seed
1 cinnamon stick, break in several pieces

Preparation

Cover pickles with salt and water.
Let stand 3 days.
Drain and cover with water and add alum.
Bring to a boil and drain again.
Cover with water and add ginger.
Boil again and drain. Add vinegar, sugar, celery seed, cloves and cinnamon.
Boil 1/2 hour and can.