Sweet Pickles

Directions

1. 1
   Soak cucumbers in salt water for 1 week.
2. 2
   Wash cucumbers and put back in jar.
3. 3
   Add alum.
4. 4
   Cover with scalding water and leave overnight.
5. 5
   Wash pickles again.
6. 6
   Heat one time the sugar, vinegar, spice and celery seed.
7. 7
   Pour over cucumbers and let stand 3 days, adding 1 cup sugar each day.
8. 8
   (These pickles do not have to be sealed.
9. 9
   I usually put a lid or tinfoil over mine.)