Two Week Sweet Pickles

Total Time: 339 hrs Preparation Time: 336 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 75 cucumbers
• 1 gallon water
• 1 pint salt
• 1 tablespoon alum, powdered
• 1 gallon water, boiling
• 1 gallon water
• 6 cups sugar
• 3 pints vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice, whole
• 1/2 teaspoon clove, whole
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 tablespoons celery seeds
• 3 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 take 75 medium sized cukes to a gallon of water.
• 2 add 1 pint salt (kosher).
• 3 let stand 1 week. (make sure all cukes are submerged or they will spoil; put plate and weight on).
• 4 take out and take 1 tablespoon powdered alum to 1 gallon of boiling water.
• 5 let stand 24 hours.
• 6 pour off and put on 1 gallon clean boiling water.
• 7 let stand 24 hours.
• 8 take out and split and put in 6 cups sugar, 3 pints vinegar, and whole allspice, cinnamon bark, and celery seed, or cinnamon, mustard, allspice and cloves.
• 9 pour this on boiling hot; let stand 24 hours.
• 10 pour this solution off pickles and boil three mornings straight, adding 1 cup sugar each morning (add to pickles).
• 11 boil 3 mornings straight without sugar.
• 12 pack in jars the last morning, pour boiling syrup over and seal.