Midget Sweet Pickles
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 12:46am

Ingredients




2 gal cucumbers, washed
2 cups salt
1 tablespoon powdered alum
5 pints vinegar
Sugar
1/2 ounce celery seed
1 ounce cinnamon sticks
Put cucumbers into clean stone jar.

Preparation

1 Dissolve sat in 1 gallon boiling water; pour while very hot over cucumbers. 2 Cover and weigh down, being sure cucumbers are covered. Let stand 8 days. 3 On 9th day, drain and pour 1 gallon boiling water mixed with alum over. 4 On the 10th day, drain again and add 1 gallon boiling water. 5 On the 11th day, combine vinegar, 6 cups sugar, celery seed and cinnamon sticks; pour boiling hot over drained pickles. 6 For the next 3 days, drain off and reheat the vinegar mixture, add 1 cup sugar each morning. 7 With the 3rd heating, pack into jars that have been sterilized. Pour boiling liquid over pickles and seal at once.