Easy Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. whole cucumbers
1 c. plain salt
2 oz. alum
white vinegar
3 1/2 lb. (or 7 c.) sugar
1 Tbsp. pickling spice

Preparation

Cover cucumbers with water.
Let stand 6 or 7 days.
Pour off water.
Rinse good and slice.
Add alum.
Cover with water and let stand 6 hours.
Pour off and rinse.
Cover with white vinegar and let stand 6 hours.
Pour off.
Add sugar and pickling spice (tied in a bag).
Don't put any vinegar in it.
Let stand in jar for 30 days.
Put in jar and process for 10 minutes.