Name: Aunt Edith's Sweet Pickles
Ingredients: 1 gal Medium Pickling Cucumbers (Can use larger cucumbers if desired. ); 1 cup Pickling Salt; 3 gal Water; 1 tbsp Alum (heaping); 1 tbsp Ginger (heaping); 1/2 box Pickling Spice; 8 cups Sugar; 5 1/2 cups Vinegar; 2 2/3 cups Water; 1 tsp Celery Seed

Aunt Edith's Sweet Pickles

Ingredients

1gal Medium Pickling CucumbersCan use larger cucumbers if desired.
1cup Pickling Salt
3gal Water
1tbsp Alumheaping
1tbsp Gingerheaping
1/2box Pickling Spice
8cups Sugar
5 1/2cups Vinegar
2 2/3cups Water
1tsp Celery Seed

Instructions

Wash and cut cucumbers into slices 1/2 inch thick.
Cover with brine made of 1 gal water and 1 C salt
Let stand for 4 days
On the fifth day drain off brine and wash
Cover with 1 gal water and 1 Tbsp alum (heaping)
Let stand overnight
Next day, drain off and put drained cucumbers in kettle and add 1 gal water and ginger
Boil 10 minutes.
While boiling, fix syrup using last five ingredients. Spice should be tied in a cloth.
Cook until it boils and is clear.
At the end of 10 minutes, drain and pour syrup over pickles.
Boil until transparent and seal in jars.

Recipe Notes

Some directions seem to be missing.