Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

75 pickles
1 Tbsp. alum
3 qt. vinegar
6 lb. white sugar
6 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp. celery seed
1 c. sugar

Preparation

Make a brine that will bear up an egg. Pour over the pickles in a stone jar (glass crock). Let stand 7 days. Take out and wash in cold water. Cut pickles lengthwise.