Sweet pickles

Sweet pickles

Ingredients/Components

• sugar - 10 lb
• salt - 4 c
• vinegar - 1 gal
• cucumbers - 16 lb
• box pickling spices - 1 item
• boxes alum - 2 item

How to make sweet pickles:

Wash cucumbers, leaving them whole. Mix salt with enough water to cover pickles in a 5-gallon churn. Mash pickles down under the water. Let set for 6 or 7 days. Take the pickles out of salt water and wash well. Slice pickles. Dissolve alum with enough water to cover the pickles in the churn. Let set 6 hours. Take pickles out and wash well. Cover pickles with vinegar. Place spices in a white rag and put in the churn with the vinegar. Let set 6 hours and pour out vinegar. Layer pickles with sugar. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Let set for 2 or 3 days. Place pickles in jars. Jars do not have to seal.

Recipe categories: American, Condiments, etc., Vegetables.